Pick 254 if the number should read as Killeen.
The Public Utility Commission’s list for 254 names Waco, Killeen, Temple, Copperas Cove, Belton and Gatesville.
The area code for Killeen is 254.
Area codes in Killeen
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254 is the one code of Killeen. It was split from 817 on May 25, 1997, and it serves all or part of 23 counties around Waco and Temple.
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Killeen has one area code.
Pick 254 for Killeen, or 512 if the number is for Austin, to the south.
Pick 254 for Temple and Waco too.
Killeen shares the code with both, so one number can serve central Texas. No second code has been added since 1997.
Pick 512 if the number is for Austin, down the road.
Austin and Round Rock are the 512 and 737 side. 512 is one of the original Texas codes, from 1947.
People filed 79 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from the Killeen area code in 12 months.
From October 2025 to September 2026, 79 unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC gave a caller ID number that started with 254.
- 79unwanted-call complaints named a Killeen code
Killeen codes
How many complaints named a caller ID that starts with the Killeen code.
- 1254Waco, Killeen and Temple79
Source: Federal Communications Commission, CGB - Consumer Complaints Data (dataset 3xyp-aqkj), issue "Unwanted Calls", read on November 4, 2026. Caller ID can be faked, so a code shows what appeared on the phone, not where the caller was.
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People ask these questions about the Killeen area code.
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It was 817, the Fort Worth code, which then stretched from Wichita Falls down to Killeen. 254 and 940 were split from it in 1997.
Yes. Copperas Cove, Belton and Gatesville are in the commission’s list of 254 exchanges, next to Killeen.
A local call in Killeen is dialed with ten digits. The area code is part of every number you give out.
From October 2025 to September 2026, people filed 79 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from numbers that start with a Killeen code: 254 (79). A complaint is one person's report. Caller ID can be faked, so a code shows what appeared on the phone, not where the caller was.
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