USA telephone area code map - North Carolina

In the

North American Numbering Plan The North American Numbering Plan (NANP) is a telephone numbering plan for twenty-five regions in twenty countries, primarily in North America and the Caribbean. This group is historically known as World Zone 1 and has the international calling ...

for telephone service, area code 828 is the telephone

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for most of the western third of the

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North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia a ...

. It includes the Blue Ridge Mountains, as well as most of the Foothills. The largest city in the 828 territory is Asheville. The city of

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is often grouped with the

Charlotte metropolitan area The Charlotte metropolitan area, sometimes referred to as Metrolina, is a metropolitan area of the U.S. states of North and South Carolina, within and surrounding the city of Charlotte. The metropolitan area also includes the cities of Gastoni ...

, but uses 828 rather than Charlotte's 704 and 980. Area code 828 was split from the 704 numbering plan area on 18 May 1998 to provide relief from numbering plan exhaustion brought about by the popularity of pagers and cell phones.

Cities and towns

Among the cities and towns in the 828 numbering plan area are: Asheville, Conover, Hendersonville,

, Lenoir, Maiden, Marion, Morganton, Murphy, and Newton. Other communities include: *

Andrews Andrews may refer to: Places Australia *Andrews, Queensland *Andrews, South Australia United States *Andrews, Florida (disambiguation), various places *Andrews, Indiana * Andrews, Nebraska *Andrews, North Carolina * Andrews, Oregon * Andrews, Sou ...

* Bakersville * Barnardsville *

Black Mountain Black Mountain may refer to: Places Australia * Black Mountain (Australian Capital Territory), a mountain in Canberra * Black Mountain, New South Wales, a village in Armidale Regional Council, New South Wales * Black Mountain, Queensland, a loca ...

* Blowing Rock * Boone * Bryson City * Burnsville * Brevard * Cashiers *

Columbus Columbus is a Latinized version of the Italian surname "''Colombo''". It most commonly refers to: * Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), the Italian explorer * Columbus, Ohio, capital of the U.S. state of Ohio Columbus may also refer to: Places ...

Cherokee The Cherokee (; chr, ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯᎢ, translit=Aniyvwiyaʔi or Anigiduwagi, or chr, ᏣᎳᎩ, links=no, translit=Tsalagi) are one of the indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands of the United States. Prior to the 18th century, th ...

Canton Canton may refer to: Administrative division terminology * Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries, notably Switzerland * Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French Arts and ent ...

* Dillsboro * Franklin * Granite Falls * Hayesville *

Highlands Highland is a broad term for areas of higher elevation, such as a mountain range or mountainous plateau. Highland, Highlands, or The Highlands, may also refer to: Places Albania * Dukagjin Highlands Armenia * Armenian Highlands Australia * So ...

* Hildebran *

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* Hudson * Maggie Valley * Maiden * Mars Hill * Marshall * Old Fort * Qualla * Robbinsville * Rosman * Rutherfordton *

Spruce Pine Spruce Pine may refer to: *'' Pinus glabra'', a tree found on the coastal plains of the southern United States, commonly known as the Spruce pine *Spruce Pine, Alabama, a census-designated place in Franklin County, Alabama, United States *Spruce Pi ...

* Sylva * Taylorsville * Topton * Valdese * Waynesville * Weaverville * Whittier

External links

List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 828 Area Code
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, S= 706/762, 864 , E=

, 704/980, area code 984 , W=

, 865 , S1=TN, S2=SC, S3=GA 828 828

Cities and towns

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