{{short description|Area code in Texas, United States}} {{For|the country dialing code of Kenya|Telephone numbers in Kenya}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{One source|date=December 2017}} {{Texas area codes image map|254}}

'''Area code 254''' is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan for the Waco/Temple/Killeen area in the U.S. state of Texas. It was created on May 25, 1997, in an area code split of area code 817.

Despite having only a single area code, even local calls in the numbering plan area require ten-digit dialing, because prior to October 2021, area code 254 had telephone numbers assigned for the central office code 988. In 2020, ''988'' was designated nationwide as a dialing code for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, which created a conflict for exchanges that permit seven-digit dialing. This area code was therefore transitioned to ten-digit dialing by October 24, 2021.<ref name="pl556">{{cite web|url=https://nationalnanpa.com/pdf/PL_556.pdf|date=January 8, 2021|publisher=North American Numbering Plan Administrator |title=Transition to 10-digit dialing (for 988 as 3-digit access to National Suicide Prevention Hotline)|access-date=March 9, 2021}}</ref>

==Service area== The counties served by this area code include: * Bell County * Bosque County * Callahan County * Comanche County * Coryell County * Eastland County * Erath County * Falls County * Freestone County * Hamilton County * Hill County * Hood County * Limestone County * McLennan County * Milam County * Navarro County * Robertson County * Somervell County * Stephens County * Williamson County

==See also== *List of Texas area codes

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Area_code_footer|Map=TX}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090828172628/http://areacodedownload.com/254/index.html List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 254 Area Code]

{{clear}} {{Area code box|State=TX| This= area code 254 | N= 214/469/945/972, 682/817, 940 | S= 512/737 | E= 430/903, 979 | W= 325 }}

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