Area code 859
Area code that serves the city of Lexington and the central portion of Kentucky / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Area code 859 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the city of Lexington and the central portion of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. It was created in a split from area code 606 in 1999.
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