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Area code 828 is a telephone
Area code 828 is a telephone area code
A telephone numbering plan is a type of numbering scheme used in telecommunication to assign telephone numbers to subscriber telephones or other telephony endpoints. Telephone numbers are the addresses of participants in a telephone network, rea ...
in the North American Numbering Plan
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(NANP) for most of the western third of the U.S. state of North Carolina
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. 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.
Service area
Among the cities and towns in the 828 numbering plan area are: Asheville, Conover, Hendersonville,Hickory
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, Lenoir, Maiden, Marion, Morganton, Murphy, and Newton.
The city of Hickory
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Seven species are native to southeast Asia in China, Indochina, and northeastern India (Assam), and twelve ...
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, Indiana
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* Bakersville
* Barnardsville
* Black Mountain
* Blowing Rock
* Boone
* Bryson City
* Burnsville
* Brevard
* Cashiers
* Columbus
* Cherokee
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* Canton
* Dillsboro
* Franklin
* Flat Rock
* Granite Falls
* Hayesville
* Highlands
* Hildebran
* Hot Springs
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* Hudson
* Maggie Valley
* Maiden
* Mars Hill
* Marshall
* Old Fort
* Qualla
* Robbinsville
* Rosman
* Rutherfordton
* Spruce Pine
* Sylva
* Taylorsville
* Topton
* Valdese
* Waynesville
* Weaverville
* Whittier
See also
*List of North Carolina area codes
The area codes in the state of North Carolina are as follows:
* 252 - North Coastal Plain region in the northeast corner of the state, containing the Outer Banks (split of 919 in 1998)
* 910 / 472 - South Coastal Plain region in the southeast c ...
References
External links
{{Area code box, State=NC , This= Area code 828 , N= 423, 336/743 , S= 706/762, 864/821 , E= 336/743, 704/980, , W= 423, 865 , S1=TN, S2=SC, S3=GA 828 828