What is the North Carolina Area Code?

Are you looking for the area codes for the state of North Carolina? Look no further! Below is a list of area codes for North Carolina by city and county in alphabetical order. You can easily look up North Carolina area codes by city or find out which cities belong to an area code. Area code 252, 336, 704, 828, 910, and 919 cover the entire state of North Carolina. The area code for Charlotte, North Carolina, is 704. This area code was one of the first to be introduced in the United States of America when it was established by AT&T and the Bell System in 1947. It originally covered the entire state of North Carolina.

However, due to tremendous growth in the state between 1993 and 2001, five new area codes were put into service. If you are looking to transfer your local North Carolina numbers, make sure they are eligible for coverage first. Here is a list of area codes and overlays for North Carolina and the respective regions they cover:

• 252
• 336
• 704
• 828
• 910
• 919

Local North Carolina phone numbers can give your small business a multi-city feel or your large business a local feel. If you're a large company looking to achieve a local feel, a North Carolina phone number with an area code is what you need.

For forty-six years between 1947 and 1993, two area codes were sufficient to meet the numbering needs in North Carolina. However, due to population growth and increased telephone usage, an additional area code was needed by 1954. Thirty-nine years later, in 1993, the demand for new numbers in North Carolina required a division of area code 919 to form area code 910.