<Li> The city of Muldraugh, which straddles the Meade--Hardin County line and is completely surrounded by Fort Knox . </Li> <Li> The city of West Point in Hardin County and its surrounding area, which is separated from the rest of Hardin County by Fort Knox . </Li> <P> Besides Louisville and Frankfort, other cities within the 502 area code boundary include Georgetown, Shelbyville, and Bardstown . Georgetown is a long - distance call to other cities in the 502 area code, but is a free local call to Lexington, which is in the 859 area code . </P> <P> 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 . </P>

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