Area code 757
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Image:Area code 757.png|right|The area colored red indicates the southeast corner of Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
served by area code 757
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Area code 540
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Area code 202
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poly 273 15 265 24 269 36 279 39 282 47 290 50 295 38 294 31 Area codes 571 and 703
poly 46 107 0 142 0 158 114 159 115 152 89 138 92 132 90 128 73 120 66 124 Area code 276
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...
poly 215 69 188 109 190 114 187 119 183 119 163 148 153 146 134 150 129 144 112 152 113 160 303 160 311 156 315 146 292 135 283 146 273 142 270 146 254 144 254 134 268 123 247 115 243 112 242 106 236 109 237 71 234 69 Area code 434
Area code 434
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poly 342 0 341 62 360 66 373 82 390 81 396 61 370 61 355 0 Area codes 410 and 443
poly 292 62 254 89 238 71 236 107 243 106 243 115 249 115 268 123 255 134 254 142 272 146 275 143 283 145 286 140 290 140 292 136 313 148 319 147 319 143 328 141 328 132 345 129 328 101 334 94 Area code 804
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 252
North American telephone area code 252 covers the northeastern corner of the State of North Carolina and includes the cities and towns of Greenville, Kitty Hawk, Rocky Mount, New Bern, Roanoke Rapids, Henderson, Wilson and Elizabeth City...
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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 757 is a NANPA
Nanpa
, also transliterated as nampa, in Japanese culture is a type of flirting and seduction popular among teenagers and people in their twenties and thirties. When Japanese women pursue men in a fashion similar to nanpa, it is called .-Etymology:...
telephone area code covering the southeast corner of Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
. It was established July 1, 1996 as a split from area code 804
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...
. The region within its service area includes the following:
- The vast majority of the Hampton RoadsHampton RoadsHampton Roads is the name for both a body of water and the Norfolk–Virginia Beach metropolitan area which surrounds it in southeastern Virginia, United States...
metropolitan area, encompassing:- The Virginia PeninsulaVirginia PeninsulaThe Virginia Peninsula is a peninsula in southeast Virginia, USA, bounded by the York River, James River, Hampton Roads and Chesapeake Bay.Hampton Roads is the common name for the metropolitan area that surrounds the body of water of the same name...
, including Newport NewsNewport News, VirginiaNewport News is an independent city located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia. It is at the southeastern end of the Virginia Peninsula, on the north shore of the James River extending southeast from Skiffe's Creek along many miles of waterfront to the river's mouth at Newport News...
, HamptonHampton, VirginiaHampton is an independent city that is not part of any county in Southeast Virginia. Its population is 137,436. As one of the seven major cities that compose the Hampton Roads metropolitan area, it is on the southeastern end of the Virginia Peninsula. Located on the Hampton Roads Beltway, it hosts...
, and WilliamsburgWilliamsburg, VirginiaWilliamsburg is an independent city located on the Virginia Peninsula in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia, USA. As of the 2010 Census, the city had an estimated population of 14,068. It is bordered by James City County and York County, and is an independent city...
, and - South Hampton RoadsSouth Hampton RoadsSouth Hampton Roads is a region located in the extreme southeastern portion of Virginia in the United States, and is part of the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA with a population about 1.7 million....
, including Virginia BeachVirginia Beach, VirginiaVirginia Beach is an independent city located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia, on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay...
, NorfolkNorfolk, VirginiaNorfolk is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. With a population of 242,803 as of the 2010 Census, it is Virginia's second-largest city behind neighboring Virginia Beach....
, ChesapeakeChesapeake, VirginiaAs of the census of 2000, there were 199,184 people, 69,900 households, and 54,172 families residing in the city. The population density was 584.6 people per square mile . There were 72,672 housing units at an average density of 213.3 per square mile...
, PortsmouthPortsmouth, VirginiaPortsmouth is located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia. As of 2010, the city had a total population of 95,535.The Norfolk Naval Shipyard, often called the Norfolk Navy Yard, is a historic and active U.S...
, FranklinFranklin, VirginiaFranklin is an independent city in Virginia. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Franklin with Southampton county for statistical purposes. The population was 8,582 in 2010.-History:...
, and SuffolkSuffolk, VirginiaSuffolk is the largest city by area in Virginia, United States, and is located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 84,585. Its median household income was $57,546.-History:...
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- The Virginia Peninsula
- The Eastern Shore of VirginiaEastern Shore of VirginiaThe Eastern Shore of Virginia consists of two counties on the Atlantic coast of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. The region is part of the Delmarva Peninsula and is separated from the rest of Virginia by the Chesapeake Bay. Its population was 45,553 as of 2010...
, the portion of Virginia on the Delmarva PeninsulaDelmarva PeninsulaThe Delmarva Peninsula is a large peninsula on the East Coast of the United States, occupied by most of Delaware and portions of Maryland and Virginia...
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Before the implementation of number pooling
Number pooling
Number pooling is a method of reallocating telephony numbering space in the North American Numbering Plan, primarily in growth areas in the United States....
, 757 was projected to run out of numbers as early as 2002. A plan that would have allowed 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...
in the Hampton Roads metro and left all of the Eastern Shore in 757 (similar to Oregon's 971 overlay) was planned. However, this plan was never implemented and the area code is not projected to reach full capacity until sometime in 2015.
See also
- List of Virginia area codes
- List of NANP area codes
- North American Numbering PlanNorth American Numbering PlanThe North American Numbering Plan is an integrated telephone numbering plan administered by Neustar which encompasses 24 countries and territories, including the United States and its territories, Canada, Bermuda, and 16 nations of the Caribbean...