The 225 area code is located in Louisiana, USA, and covers Baton Rouge, Prairieville, Zachary, and other cities in the southern part of the state. It is the only area code that serves this area. The area code was created in August 1998 in an area code split from area code 504, and it was Louisianas third area code and the first new area code in the state in forty-one years. The numbering plan area (NPA) comprises the parishes of Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, St. Helena, St. James, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana. The current time for places served by area code 225 is in the Central Time Zone.