Area code 502

This article is about the American area code. For the country code, see Telephone numbers in Guatemala.

Approximate service area of Area Code 502 is in red.

Area code 502 serves north central Kentucky, primarily Louisville, its suburbs, and the state capital of Frankfort. Its service area encompasses the following Kentucky counties (the boundary closely, but not exactly, tracks county lines):

• Anderson County
• Bullitt County
• Carroll County
• Franklin County
• Henry County
• Jefferson County
• Nelson County
• Oldham County
• Owen County
• Scott County
• Shelby County
• Spencer County
• Trimble County

Parts of Hardin and Meade counties are also served by this area code, specifically:

• The Fort Knox Army base, which also spreads into Bullitt County
• The city of Muldraugh, located in Meade County and surrounded by Fort Knox
• The city of West Point in Hardin County and its surrounding area, which is cut off from the rest of Hardin County by Fort Knox

Besides Louisville and Frankfort, major cities in the 502 territory include Georgetown, Shelbyville, and Bardstown. Georgetown is a long-distance call to other cities in the 502 area code, but not Lexington, which is in the 859 area code.

The area code was one of the first established in October 1947, initially covering the entire state of Kentucky. The eastern half of the state split off as area code 606 in 1954, while the western half split off as 270 in 1999.

See also

• NANPA Area Code Map of Kentucky

External links

• Map of the 502 Area Code
• List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 502 Area Code

Kentucky area codes: 270/364, 502, 606, 859
	North: 812/930
West: 812	Area code 502	East: 859
	South: 270/364, 859
Indiana area codes: 219, 260, 317, 574, 765, 812/930