Main city: Cheney
Timezone: Pacific
Phone type: Landline
Operator: Centurytel Of Washington DBA Centurylink

Cheney, a city in Spokane County, Washington, United States. The full-time resident population was 10,590 as of 2010 census. Eastern Washington University is located in Cheney, and its population grows to approximately 17,600 people on a temporary basis when classes at Eastern Washington University are in session. ^source

North American area code 509 is the telephone area code for the eastern two-thirds of Washington. The western boundary of 509 roughly follows the Cascades. The 509 area includes: Spokane, the Tri-Cities (Richland, Pasco, and Kennewick), Yakima, Walla Walla, Tekoa, and Wenatchee. The 509 code was created in a split from 206 in a flash-cut on January 1, 1957. ^source