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252 Area Code

Area code 252 serves Greenville, Rocky Mount, Wilson, New Bern, Kinston and nearby communities in North Carolina. It has been in service since March 22, 1998, when it was split from 919.

StateNorth Carolina
Time zoneEastern
Local time now…
Prefixes in use695
Projected to run out2031 ⚠︎
GreenvilleRocky MountWilsonNew BernKinstonElizabeth CityHavelockHendersonRoanoke RapidsTarboroWintervilleMorehead CityWashingtonKill Devil HillsNashvilleMoyockAydenWilliamstonGreenvilleRocky MountNew BernElizabeth CityHavelockHenderson
Cities and towns served by area code 252

Who issues 252 numbers

Mobile 24%VoIP and cable 24%Landline 52%

Share of the 695 prefixes (the three digits after 252) assigned to each type of carrier. Classification by carrier name, approximate.

CarrierPrefixes
Brightspeed Of Eastern North Carolina207
Verizon Wireless76
Onvoy (Sinch)52
Paetec Itel48
Lumen (Level 3)48
T-Mobile37
UScellular32
Bandwidth26

Cities and towns in area code 252

CityPopulationOther area codes
Greenville96,443
Rocky Mount55,120
Wilson49,572
New Bern34,724
Kinston19,705
Elizabeth City19,622
Havelock17,430
Henderson15,013
Roanoke Rapids14,386
Tarboro10,979
Winterville10,973
Morehead City10,434
Washington9,910
Kill Devil Hills7,731
Nashville5,911
Moyock5,669
Ayden5,263
Williamston5,086

Got a call from 252?

A 252 number was originally issued in North Carolina, but that does not prove the caller is there. 24% of 252 prefixes belong to VoIP and cable providers, whose numbers can be bought online and used from anywhere. Caller ID can also be spoofed, so treat urgent requests for money, codes or passwords from any area code with suspicion, and call back on a number you already know.

All 695 prefixes in area code 252

Format: (252) XXX-YYYY. Carrier is the company the block was originally assigned to; numbers may since have been ported to another carrier.

Questions about area code 252

Where is area code 252?
Area code 252 is in North Carolina. It covers Greenville, Rocky Mount, Wilson, New Bern, Kinston, Elizabeth City and 12 more cities and towns.
What time zone is area code 252?
Area code 252 is in the Eastern time zone.
Is 252 a toll-free number?
No. 252 is a geographic area code in North Carolina. Toll-free numbers in the US start with 800, 833, 844, 855, 866, 877 or 888.
Will area code 252 run out of numbers?
NANPA's latest forecast projects area code 252 to exhaust in the first quarter of 2031. Before that happens, a new area code is usually added as an overlay; existing numbers keep their code.

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