North Carolina Area Code Information

North Carolina Area Codes


North Carolina Area Code Overlays
(336 and 743) - (472 and 910)
(704 and 980) - (919 and 984)


North Carolina is currently using ten area codes. North Carolina utilizes four area code overlay plans, often called an overlay complex.

North Carolina originally had one area code, 704, when the numbering system was established in 1947. By 1954 North Carolina experienced sufficient growth in population and telephone use to need an additional area code. To meet this increase in demand area code 704 was split in 1954 to form area code 919. It was thirty-nine years later before the demand for new numbers in North Carolina required a split of area code 919 to form area code 910. For forty-six years between 1947 and 1993 two area codes were sufficient to meet the numbering needs in North Carolina. In the span of eight years from 1993 to 2001 North Carolina put five new area codes into service due to the tremendous growth in the state.

Changes and History of North Carolina Area Codes:

01/01/1947
Area code 704 was put into service. Area code 704 has been split 2 times. In 1954 area code 704 was split to form area code 919. In 1998 area code 704 was split to form area code 828. In 2001 area code 704 was overlaid with area code 980.

North Carolina Area Code Map


01/01/1954
Area code 919 was put into service. Area code 919 was created from a split of area code 704. In 1998 area code 919 was split to form area code 252.

11/14/1993
Area code 910 was put into service. Area code 910 was created from a split of area code 919. In 1997 area code 910 was split to form area code 336.

12/15/1997
Area code 336 was put into service. Area code 336 was created from a split of area code 910.

03/22/1998
Area code 252 was put into service. Area code 252 was created from a split of area code 919.

03/22/1998
Area code 828 was put into service. Area code 828 was created from a split of area code 704.

04/01/2001
Area code 980 was put into service. Area code 980 is an overlay of area code 704.

04/30/2012
Area code 984 was put into service as an overlay of area code 919.

05/23/2016
Area code 743 was put into service as an overlay of area code 336.

10/07/2022
Area code 472 was put into service as an overlay of area code 910.