USA telephone area code map - North Carolina

Area codes 704 and 980 are

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s in the

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(NANP) for

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and all or part of 12 surrounding counties in south-central

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. Other major cities in the service area are Gastonia,

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, Concord, Mooresville,

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, Statesville, and Shelby. The

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side of the

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is part of area codes 803 and 839. Area code 704 is one of the original area codes assigned to numbering plan areas (NPAs) by

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in October 1947. Area code 980 was added in an overlay numbering plan in 2000.

History

The original area code, 704, was one of the original 86 numbering plan areas (NPAs) designated by

in 1947, and originally covered the entire state of North Carolina. In 1954, the eastern two-thirds of the state–everything from Winston-Salem eastward–was split off as area code 919. 704 was reduced to the western third of the state, from Charlotte through the

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to the

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border. This configuration remained in place for the next 44 years. Despite explosive growth in Charlotte, the state's largest city, the western third of the state was not as densely populated as the eastern two-thirds, which grew from having one area code to four during the 1990s. However, by the mid-1990s, Charlotte's rapid growth and the ensuing demand for telephone lines made a split inevitable. The number shortage was exacerbated by the proliferation of cell phones, pagers and fax machines. In 1998, most of the western portion of the old 704 territories, including the

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and Blue Ridge, were split off to create area code 828, restricting 704 to the Charlotte area. The creation of 828 was intended as a long-term solution. Within two years, however, 704 was close to exhaustion once again due to Charlotte's continued growth, as well as the continued proliferation of cell phones and pagers. To solve the problem, it was decided to assign 980 to Charlotte as North Carolina's first overlay. 980 entered service on May 1, 2000. On that date, a permissive dialing period began in which both 7- and 10-digit calls were both allowed. As of January 10, 2001, 10-digit dialling was mandatory. The first 980 numbers were assigned on February 10, 2001. Even with the Charlotte area's continued growth, the 704/980 numbering pool is nowhere near exhaustion. Under the most recent NANP projections, the Charlotte area will not need another area code until at least mid-2047.https://www.nationalnanpa.com/reports/2020-1_NPA_Exhaust_Projections_Final.pdf Years after the introduction of mobile number portability, a number of cell phone customers on the South Carolina side of the Charlotte area have 704 numbers.

Service area

Counties

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(A southeast sliver is in 704/980. Most of the county is in 828.) * Anson * Cabarrus * Catawba (Slivers in southeast and northeast are in 704/980. Most of the county is in 828.) *

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(except sliver in southwest which is in 828) * Gaston * Iredell * Lincoln *

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(All landline phone numbers in Charlotte-Mecklenburg public schools use 980 area code.) * Rowan * Rutherford (small area east of Hollis) * Stanly * Union

Cities and towns

* Albemarle *

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* Bessemer City * Boiling Springs *

**All Charlotte–Mecklenburg Public School landlines use the 980 area code. * Cherryville * China Grove *

* Concord * Cornelius *

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* Davidson * Gastonia *

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* Huntersville * Indian Trail *

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* Lincolnton *

Love Valley Love Valley is a townhttps://www.ncleg.gov/Files/BillDrafting/CityCharters/Charter%20of%20the%20Town%20of%20Love%20Valley.pdf in Iredell County, North Carolina, United States. It also extends into Alexander County on its western end. The populati ...

* Matthews * Mint Hill * Monroe * Mooresville * Mount Holly *

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* Olin * Pineville * Rockwell *

* Shelby * Spencer * Stallings * Statesville * Troutman * Wadesboro * Waxhaw * Wingate

References

External links

List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 704 Area Code

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/ 743 , S= 803/839, 843/854 , E= 910 , W= 828 , S1=SC

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