List of North Carolina area codes
The area codes in the state of North Carolina are as follows:
- 252 - North Coastal Plain region in the northeast corner of the state, containing the Outer Banks (split from 919 in 1998)
- 910 - South Coastal Plain region in the southeast corner of the state (split from 919 in 1993)
- 336 - Piedmont Triad and the northwest Piedmont region (split from 910 in 1997)
- 828 - Western & Mountainous region of the state (split from 704 in 1998)
- 919/984 - The Research Triangle metropolitan region (919 created in 1954 as split from 704; 984 created as overlay in 2011)
- 704/980 - Charlotte metropolitan area (704 created in 1947 as original area code for North Carolina; 980 created as overlay in 2001)
Future:
- 743 - overlay for area code 336, to be implemented before all numbers in that area code are exhausted (2016) [1]