{{short description|Area code in south Texas, United States}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Texas area codes image map|956}} '''Area code 956''' is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan for the Lower and Middle Rio Grande Valley regions in the U.S. state of Texas. The numbering plan area (NPA) includes the communities of Brownsville, McAllen, Laredo and South Padre Island. The area code was created on May 25, 1997, in a split of NPA 210.

Projections in 2024 by the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA) indicated that 956 will enter exhaustion levels by late 2027 and relief action will be required in the Rio Grande Valley by that time.<ref name="exhaust">{{cite web|url=https://nationalnanpa.com/reports/2024-1_NPA_Exhaust_Projections_Final.pdf|date=April 16, 2024|publisher=North American Numbering Plan Administrator |title=2024-1 NRUF and NPA Exhaust Analysis|access-date=June 28, 2024}}</ref>

==Service area== Counties served by this area code: :Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, La Salle, Starr, Webb, Willacy, and Zapata

Towns and cities served by this area code: :Alamo, Brownsville, Combes, Delmita, Donna, Edcouch, Edinburg, Elsa, Encinal, Falcon Heights, Garciasville, Grulla, Guerra, Hargill, Harlingen, Hidalgo, La Blanca, La Feria, La Joya, La Villa, Laredo, Lasara, Linn, Lopeño, Los Ebanos, Los Fresnos, Los Indios, Lozano, Lyford, McAllen, Mercedes, Mission, Olmito, Peñitas, Pharr, Port Isabel, Port Mansfield, Progreso, Raymondville, Rio Grande City, Rio Hondo, Roma, Salineno, San Benito, San Isidro, San Juan, San Perlita, San Ygnacio, Santa Elena, Santa Maria, Santa Rosa, Sebastian, South Padre Island, Sullivan City, Weslaco, and Zapata

==See also== *List of Texas area codes *List of North American Numbering Plan area codes

==References== {{reflist}}

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{{Area code box|State=TX | This=956 | N= 830 | S= Country code 52 (Mexico) | E= 361, Gulf of Mexico | W= Country code 52 (Mexico) }}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Area Code 956}} 956 956 Category:Cameron County, Texas Category:Webb County, Texas Category:Laredo, Texas