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828 Area Code

Area code 828 serves Asheville, Hickory, Boone, Lenoir, Morganton and nearby communities in North Carolina. It has been in service since March 22, 1998, when it was split from 704.

StateNorth Carolina
Time zoneEastern
Local time now…
Prefixes in use723
Projected to run out2029 ⚠︎
AshevilleHickoryBooneLenoirMorgantonHendersonvilleNewtonWaynesvilleAberdeenSt. StephensConoverBlack MountainFletcherWoodfinBrevardEtowahMills RiverMarionForest CityUnionvilleCullowheeEast Flat RockSwannanoaLong ViewSawmillsAshevilleHickoryBooneLenoirHendersonvilleAberdeen
Cities and towns served by area code 828

Who issues 828 numbers

Mobile 33%VoIP and cable 22%Landline 45%

Share of the 723 prefixes (the three digits after 828) assigned to each type of carrier. Classification by carrier name, approximate.

CarrierPrefixes
Southern Bell Tel & Tel101
AT&T Mobility87
Verizon Wireless86
Onvoy (Sinch)47
Lumen (Level 3)46
Paetec Itel42
Frontier40
T-Mobile29

Cities and towns in area code 828

CityPopulationOther area codes
Asheville93,523
Hickory45,975
Boone19,929
Lenoir18,372
Morganton17,849
Hendersonville15,867
Newton13,822704, 980
Waynesville11,006
Aberdeen10,066910, 472
St. Stephens9,409
Conover8,938
Black Mountain8,491
Fletcher8,373
Woodfin8,229
Brevard8,098
Etowah7,765
Mills River7,504
Marion7,440
Forest City7,410
Unionville7,322
Cullowhee7,300
East Flat Rock6,468
Swannanoa6,043
Long View5,387
Sawmills5,105

Got a call from 828?

A 828 number was originally issued in North Carolina, but that does not prove the caller is there. 22% of 828 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 723 prefixes in area code 828

Format: (828) 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 828

Where is area code 828?
Area code 828 is in North Carolina. It covers Asheville, Hickory, Boone, Lenoir, Morganton, Hendersonville and 19 more cities and towns.
What time zone is area code 828?
Area code 828 is in the Eastern time zone.
Is 828 a toll-free number?
No. 828 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 828 run out of numbers?
NANPA's latest forecast projects area code 828 to exhaust in the second quarter of 2029. Before that happens, a new area code is usually added as an overlay; existing numbers keep their code.

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