List of North Carolina area codes
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North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
are as follows:
- 252Area code 252North 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...
- North Coastal PlainAtlantic Coastal PlainThe Atlantic coastal plain has both low elevation and low relief, but it is also a relatively flat landform extending from the New York Bight southward to a Georgia/Florida section of the Eastern Continental Divide, which demarcates the plain from the ACF River Basin in the Gulf Coastal Plain to...
region in the northeast corner of the state, containing the Outer BanksOuter BanksThe Outer Banks is a 200-mile long string of narrow barrier islands off the coast of North Carolina, beginning in the southeastern corner of Virginia Beach on the east coast of the United States.... - 336Area code 336Area code 336 is a NANPA area code which covers northwest North Carolina, mainly the Piedmont Triad region and the northern Foothills and northern Mountain regions...
- Piedmont TriadPiedmont TriadThe Piedmont Triad, or Triad, is a north-central region of the U.S. state of North Carolina that consists of the area within and surrounding the three major cities of Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point. This close group or "triad" of cities lies in the Piedmont geographical region of the...
and the northwest PiedmontPiedmont (United States)The Piedmont is a plateau region located in the eastern United States between the Atlantic Coastal Plain and the main Appalachian Mountains, stretching from New Jersey in the north to central Alabama in the south. The Piedmont province is a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian division...
region - 704 - Charlotte metropolitan areaCharlotte metropolitan areaThe Charlotte metropolitan area is a metropolitan area/region of North and South Carolina within and surrounding the city of Charlotte...
(overlaid with 980) - 828Area code 828In the North American Numbering Plan, 828 is the telephone area code for the western mountain region of the U.S. state of North Carolina, including Asheville. The city of Hickory is often grouped with the Charlotte metropolitan area, but uses 828 rather than Charlotte's 704/980 area code overlay...
- Western & Mountainous region of the state - 910Area code 910North American telephone area code 910 is an area code serving southeastern North Carolina, including the cities of Fayetteville, Jacksonville, Laurinburg, Lumberton and Wilmington....
- South Coastal PlainAtlantic Coastal PlainThe Atlantic coastal plain has both low elevation and low relief, but it is also a relatively flat landform extending from the New York Bight southward to a Georgia/Florida section of the Eastern Continental Divide, which demarcates the plain from the ACF River Basin in the Gulf Coastal Plain to...
region in the southeast corner of the state - 919Area codes 919 and 984Area code 919 is a telephone area code serving all or parts of 11 counties in the north-central area of the U.S. state of North Carolina. Area code 984, created as an overlay in 2011, also covers the same area...
- The Research Triangle metropolitan region - 980 - Charlotte metropolitan areaCharlotte metropolitan areaThe Charlotte metropolitan area is a metropolitan area/region of North and South Carolina within and surrounding the city of Charlotte...
(overlaid with 704Area code 704Area code 704 covers Metropolitan Charlotte, in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, and also the cities of Gastonia, and Concord. Area code 980, created as an overlay in 2001, also covers the same area. The South Carolina side of the Charlotte metropolitan area is part of area code 803.704 is...
) - 984Area codes 919 and 984Area code 919 is a telephone area code serving all or parts of 11 counties in the north-central area of the U.S. state of North Carolina. Area code 984, created as an overlay in 2011, also covers the same area...
- This area code is scheduled to provide overlay relief to code 919, effective April, 30, 2012