Area code 304
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Image:Area code 304.png|thumb|right|250px|Area Codes 304 and 681. This map is clickable; click on an area code to go to the page for that code.
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Area code 740
Area code 740 is a telephone area code serving southeastern and central Ohio. 740 is the area code in the Ohio cities of Athens, Belpre, Chillicothe, Circleville, Coshocton, Delaware, Gallipolis, Heath, Ironton, Jackson, Lancaster, Laurelville, Logan, Marietta, Marion, Mount Vernon, Nelsonville,...
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Area code 724
Area code 724 is a Commonwealth of Pennsylvania telephone area code in western and southwestern Pennsylvania, including the outer suburbs of Pittsburgh. It was split from Area code 412 on February 1, 1998...
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Area code 724
Area code 724 is a Commonwealth of Pennsylvania telephone area code in western and southwestern Pennsylvania, including the outer suburbs of Pittsburgh. It was split from Area code 412 on February 1, 1998...
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Area code 412
Area code 412 is a Commonwealth of Pennsylvania telephone area code which serves most of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania , along with small portions of Washington and Westmoreland counties, except the northern edge of Allegheny County served by the Consolidated Communications, formerly the North...
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Area code 814
Area code 814 is a Commonwealth of Pennsylvania telephone area code, which serves its northwestern and central regions, including the cities of Altoona, Bradford, DuBois, Rosewood, Meadville, Oil City, Johnstown, and Warren, as well as the boroughs of State College, Brockway and Rimersburg.814 is...
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Area code 717
Area code 717 is a telephone area code which serves south central Pennsylvania, used in the Harrisburg-Lancaster-York metropolitan areas. 717 was one of the original area codes established in 1947, and originally covered the eastern half of the state except for the Delaware and Lehigh valleys...
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Area code 606
Area code 606 is a telephone area code serving the easternmost part of the state of Kentucky. It covers Ashland, Hazard, Manchester, Somerset, London, Corbin, Paintsville, Pikeville, Maysville and other parts of eastern Kentucky...
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Area code 276
North American telephone area code 276 was established September 1, 2001 as a split from area code 540. It covers the southwest corner of the Commonwealth of Virginia.Within its service area are the following independent cities:* Bristol* Galax...
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Area code 540
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Area code 804
North American telephone area code 804 serves the Commonwealth of Virginia. The area code, in east-central Virginia, is anchored by Virginia's capital, Richmond. Other communities using 804 include Chester, Hopewell, Mechanicsville, Petersburg, and Colonial Heights. The 804 code also includes the...
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Area code 434
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North American telephone
Telephone
The telephone , colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sounds, usually the human voice. Telephones are a point-to-point communication system whose most basic function is to allow two people separated by large distances to talk to each other...
area code 304 was established October 1947 as one of the original area codes, and serves all of the U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
of West Virginia
West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...
. It was overlaid with area code 681, effective March 28, 2009.
In 2007, news reports indicated that West Virginia would soon need a new area code.
On January 29, 2008, the West Virginia Public Service Commission voted 2-1 for a split of the existing 304 area code, with the one dissenting vote for an overlay
Overlay plan
In telephony, especially in North America, an overlay plan is the practice of introducing a new area code by applying it onto a geographic area that is already occupied by one or more existing area codes, resulting in two area codes serving the same area.- Methodology :Prior to the introduction of...
. However, telecommunications providers were overwhelmingly in favor of an overlay, and were still able to ask the Commission to reconsider, or appeal to the West Virginia State Supreme Court, for an overlay instead of a split.
Over the following two weeks, numerous state and local government officials, and various business interests, voiced strong opposition to a split of 304, in favor of an overlay. Even Governor Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
Joseph "Joe" Manchin III is the junior United States Senator representing West Virginia. Manchin, a Democrat, was Governor of West Virginia from 2005 to 2010...
voiced his support of an overlay. Several telecommunications providers then officially appealed to the Public Service Commission for an overlay, which was unanimously approved by all three commissioners on February 13, 2008. It was the first example of an entire state previously only served by a single code being overlaid.
At one time, 932 was reserved for use as a future area code in West Virginia, but there has since been a 304-932 exchange code assigned in Charleston
Charleston, West Virginia
Charleston is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is located at the confluence of the Elk and Kanawha Rivers in Kanawha County. As of the 2010 census, it has a population of 51,400, and its metropolitan area 304,214. It is the county seat of Kanawha County.Early...
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Implementation dates for 681 code
Implementation dates for permissive and mandatory ten-digit local dialing, as well as the effective date of the overlay, were announced in Neustar NANPA's Planning Letter #375, issued March 21, 2008.- Permissive ten-digit local dialing of numbers in the existing 304 area code would begin no later than July 26, 2008. (During this period, local 304 calls could still be dialed with just seven digits.)
- Mandatory ten-digit local dialing of existing 304 numbers took effect on February 28, 2009. (Calls within 304 dialed with just seven digits were no longer allowed.)
- New numbers with the 681 area code became available on March 28, 2009, one month after the start of mandatory ten-digit dialing.
- A test number for determining if routing to the new area code is in effect from any West Virginia telephone number, 681-990-TEST (8378), went into service on December 28, 2008 and remained active through June 28, 2009.