Area code 859

Approximate service area of Area Code 859 is in red.

Area code 859 serves the state of Kentucky.

Area code 859 was split from area code 606 in 1999. Its service area encompasses the following Kentucky counties (the boundary closely, but not exactly, tracks county lines):

• Boone County
• Bourbon County
• Boyle County
• Campbell County
• Clark County
• Fayette County (coterminous with the city of Lexington)
• Gallatin County
• Garrard County
• Grant County
• Harrison County
• Jessamine County
• Kenton County
• Madison County
• Mercer County
• Montgomery County
• Nicholas County
• Pendleton County
• Washington County
• Woodford County

Among the cities in the 859 area code, besides Lexington, are Nicholasville, Richmond, Danville, Covington, Versailles, Florence, Mount Sterling, Winchester and other parts of north central Kentucky. The 859 area code is unique in that it spells out UKY on the keypad as the largest city in the area code (Lexington) is home to the University of Kentucky.

See also

• NANPA Area Code Map of Kentucky
• List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 859 Area Code

Kentucky area codes: 270, 502, 606, 859
	North: 513, 937
West: 502, 812	area code 859	East: 606
	South: 270
Indiana area codes: 219, 260, 317, 574, 765, 812
Ohio area codes: 216, 234, 330, 419, 440, 513, 567, 614, 740, 937