Area code 828
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Area code 828 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for most of the western third of the U.S. state of North Carolina. The numbering plan area (NPA) comprises the Blue Ridge Mountains and most of the Foothills. The largest city is Asheville.
Area code 828 was split from the 704 numbering plan area on March 22, 1998, to provide relief from numbering plan exhaustion brought about by the popularity of pagers and cell phones.[1]
In 2026, with the number of possible phone numbers running out, an overlay is being considered, which would give the area enough numbers for 30 years. The new number is not known.[2]
Service area
Among the cities and towns in the 828 numbering plan area are: Asheville, Conover, Hendersonville, Hickory, Lenoir, Maiden, Marion, Morganton, Murphy, and Newton.
The city of Hickory is often grouped with the Charlotte metropolitan area, but uses 828 rather than Charlotte's area codes 704 and 980.
Other communities include:
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- Andrews
- Bakersville
- Barnardsville
- Black Mountain
- Blowing Rock
- Boone
- Bryson City
- Burnsville
- Brevard
- Cashiers
- Columbus
- Cherokee
- Canton
- Dillsboro
- Franklin
- Flat Rock
- Granite Falls
- Hayesville
- Highlands
- Hildebran
- Hot Springs
- Hudson
- Maggie Valley
- Maiden
- Mars Hill
- Marshall
- Old Fort
- Qualla
- Robbinsville
- Rosman
- Rutherfordton
- Spruce Pine
- Sylva
- Taylorsville
- Topton
- Valdese
- Waynesville
- Weaverville
- Whittier
See also
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."NANP-Split of 704 (North Carolina) Numbering Plan Area (NPA)" (PDF). NANPA. January 8, 1998. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Long, Aarik (March 25, 2026). "828 running out of phone numbers: new area code is coming". The Mountaineer.
External links
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Area Code Maps". North American Numbering Plan Administrator.
| North: 423, 336/743 | ||
| West: 423, 865 | Area code 828 | East: 336/743, 704/980, |
| South: 706/762, 864/821 | ||
| [[Template:US State Abbrev]] area codes: 423, 615/629, 731, 865, 901, 931 | ||
| [[Template:US State Abbrev]] area codes: 803/839, 843/854, 864/821 | ||
| Georgia area codes: 229, 404, 478, 678/470/943, 706/762, 770, 912 | ||
