From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Area codes 919 and 984
Area codes 919 and 984
References: North Carolina native Petey Pablo paid re-
spect to area code 919 on his debut album Diary Of A Sin-
ner: 1st Entry. In the musical Rent, one of Alexi Darling’s
contact numbers left on Mark and Roger’s answering ma-
chine has a 919 area code, even though she is an agent in
New York City.
Area codes of North Carolina.
Area code 919 is a telephone area code serving all See also
or parts of 11 counties in the north-central area of the • List of North Carolina area codes
984,
U.S. state of North Carolina. Area code 984 created as an • NANPA Area Code Map of North Carolina
overlay in 2011, also covers the same area. They serve the • List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 919
primary cities of Raleigh, Durham, Cary and Chapel Hill, Area Code
and the surrounding suburban areas of the Research Tri-
angle Metropolitan Region, as well as the outlying towns
and nearby rural areas of Oxford to the north, Sanford to References
the south, and Goldsboro to the southeast. [1] Docket P-100, Sub 137B. North Carolina Utilities
Area code 919 was split off from area code 704 in 1954, Commission PDF
and originally covered the entire eastern part of the state [2] "10-digit dialing begins this spring in Triangle".
from Winston-Salem to Wilmington. In 1993, the eastern WRAL. September 21, 2011. http://www.wral.com/
and southern portions of the area code were split off to news/local/story/10164001/. Retrieved October 13,
form area code 910. In 1998, the northeastern portion 2011.
was split off to form area code 252. 252, 336, 704,
North Carolina area codes: 252, 336, 704,
Area code 984 was initially slated for overlay with 828, 910, 919,
828, 910, 919, 980
area code 919 in 2001, but was deferred ten years when
the supply of numbers was deemed sufficient for the near North:
North 434
term.[1] In September 2011, the North Carolina Utilities West:
West 336 919/984 East:
East 252
Commission announced that the 984 area code was being
South:
South 910
pressed into service, and that ten-digit dialing for local
calls became optional on October 1, 2011, and will be- Virginia area codes: 276, 434, 540, 571, 703,
come mandatory on March 31, 2012; also, that new tele- 757, 804
phone numbers in the affected region may be assigned
the new 984 area code as early as April, 2012.[2]
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