Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania

ZIP codes in Wilkes Barre

Area codes for Wilkes Barre

• Area code 570

  In service since December 5, 1998. Shares its area with 272. Local calls are dialed with ten digits; dialing 1 plus ten digits also works.

• Area code 272

  In service since October 21, 2013. Shares its area with 570. Local calls are dialed with ten digits; dialing 1 plus ten digits also works.

Area codes here are matched from telephone rate centers, so a place near a boundary can have local numbers from either side of it.

Time zone

Wilkes Barre is in the Eastern Time zone.

Towns near Wilkes Barre

• Kingston2.3 km (1.4 mi)
• Forty Fort2.5 km (1.6 mi)
• Plains2.7 km (1.7 mi)
• Edwardsville3 km (1.9 mi)
• Pringle3.2 km (2.0 mi)
• Luzerne3.4 km (2.1 mi)
• Hudson4.2 km (2.6 mi)
• Swoyersville4.5 km (2.8 mi)