KENTUCKY · AREA CODE GUIDE
859 area code location: Lexington and Covington, Kentucky
- Local date and time
- Eastern Time
Map data: UCLA Geoportal (2015) · NANPA · US Census Bureau, checked 24 September 2026. Boundaries are approximate.
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859 area code at a glance
- State
- Kentucky
- Primary cities
- Lexington, Covington, and Richmond
- Established
- Time zone
- Eastern Time
- Parent code
- 606
- New code planned
- No, as of 22 September 2026
- Answering calls
- Rules for answering calls in Kentucky
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Counties and cities covered
These are telephone exchange areas, which follow the phone network rather than city limits.
Counties of the communities we could place (the code may reach further): Boone County, Bourbon County, Boyle County, Campbell County, Clark County, Fayette County, Gallatin County, Garrard County, Grant County, Harrison County, Jessamine County, Kenton County, Lincoln County, Madison County, Mercer County, Montgomery County, Nicholas County, Pendleton County, Washington County, and Woodford County.
- Lexington
- Covington
- Richmond
- Nicholasville
- Independence
- Winchester
- Danville
- Berea
- Alexandria
- Versailles
- Paris
- Harrodsburg
- Mount Sterling
- Cynthiana
- Wilmore
- Walton
- Lancaster
- Williamstown
- Springfield
- Junction City
- Falmouth
- Carlisle
- Midway
- Warsaw
- Burgin
17 more communities
- Perryville
- Millersburg
- Butler
- North Middletown
- Glencoe
- Willisburg
- Mackville
- Boone
- Bryantsville
- Cornishville
- Ford
- Kirksville
- Little Rock
- Mooresville
- Paint Lick
- Salvisa
- Waco
Sources: NANPA area code listing, NANPA places by area code, U.S. Census Bureau county geography. Checked .
Business phone numbers in area code 859, answered by an AI agent
A local number for Lexington, Covington, and Richmond, Kentucky, with an AI receptionist that takes caller details, answers the questions you give it, and books appointments. Numbers depend on what carriers have left.