# Area code 828 > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Area_code_828 > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Area_code_828.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_code_828 > Source revision: 1345364486 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Area code for western North Carolina, United States North Carolina area codes **Area code 828** is a telephone [area code](/source/Area_code) in the [North American Numbering Plan](/source/North_American_Numbering_Plan) (NANP) for most of the [western third](/source/Western_North_Carolina) of the [U.S. state](/source/U.S._state) of [North Carolina](/source/North_Carolina). The numbering plan area (NPA) comprises the Blue Ridge Mountains and most of the Foothills. The largest city is [Asheville](/source/Asheville%2C_North_Carolina). 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.[1] In 2026, with the number of possible phone numbers running out, an overlay is being considered, which would give the area enough numbers for 30 years. The new number is not known.[2] ## Service area Among the cities and towns in the 828 numbering plan area are: [Asheville](/source/Asheville%2C_North_Carolina), [Conover](/source/Conover%2C_North_Carolina), [Hendersonville](/source/Hendersonville%2C_North_Carolina), [Hickory](/source/Hickory%2C_North_Carolina), [Lenoir](/source/Lenoir%2C_North_Carolina), [Maiden](/source/Maiden%2C_North_Carolina), [Marion](/source/Marion%2C_North_Carolina), [Morganton](/source/Morganton%2C_North_Carolina), [Murphy](/source/Murphy%2C_North_Carolina), and [Newton](/source/Newton%2C_North_Carolina). The city of [Hickory](/source/Hickory%2C_North_Carolina) is often grouped with the [Charlotte metropolitan area](/source/Charlotte_metropolitan_area), but uses 828 rather than Charlotte's [area codes 704 and 980](/source/Area_codes_704_and_980). Other communities include: - [Andrews](/source/Andrews%2C_North_Carolina) - [Bakersville](/source/Bakersville%2C_North_Carolina) - [Barnardsville](/source/Barnardsville%2C_North_Carolina) - [Black Mountain](/source/Black_Mountain%2C_North_Carolina) - [Blowing Rock](/source/Blowing_Rock%2C_North_Carolina) - [Boone](/source/Boone%2C_North_Carolina) - [Bryson City](/source/Bryson_City%2C_North_Carolina) - [Burnsville](/source/Burnsville%2C_North_Carolina) - [Brevard](/source/Brevard%2C_North_Carolina) - [Cashiers](/source/Cashiers%2C_North_Carolina) - [Columbus](/source/Columbus%2C_North_Carolina) - [Cherokee](/source/Cherokee%2C_North_Carolina) - [Canton](/source/Canton%2C_North_Carolina) - [Dillsboro](/source/Dillsboro%2C_North_Carolina) - [Franklin](/source/Franklin%2C_North_Carolina) - [Flat Rock](/source/Flat_Rock%2C_Henderson_County%2C_North_Carolina) - [Granite Falls](/source/Granite_Falls%2C_North_Carolina) - [Hayesville](/source/Hayesville%2C_North_Carolina) - [Highlands](/source/Highlands%2C_North_Carolina) - [Hildebran](/source/Hildebran%2C_North_Carolina) - [Hot Springs](/source/Hot_Springs%2C_North_Carolina) - [Hudson](/source/Hudson%2C_North_Carolina) - [Maggie Valley](/source/Maggie_Valley%2C_North_Carolina) - [Maiden](/source/Maiden%2C_North_Carolina) - [Mars Hill](/source/Mars_Hill%2C_North_Carolina) - [Marshall](/source/Marshall%2C_North_Carolina) - [Old Fort](/source/Old_Fort%2C_North_Carolina) - [Qualla](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Qualla,_North_Carolina&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Robbinsville](/source/Robbinsville%2C_North_Carolina) - [Rosman](/source/Rosman%2C_North_Carolina) - [Rutherfordton](/source/Rutherfordton%2C_North_Carolina) - [Spruce Pine](/source/Spruce_Pine%2C_North_Carolina) - [Sylva](/source/Sylva%2C_North_Carolina) - [Taylorsville](/source/Taylorsville%2C_North_Carolina) - [Topton](/source/Topton%2C_North_Carolina) - [Valdese](/source/Valdese%2C_North_Carolina) - [Waynesville](/source/Waynesville%2C_North_Carolina) - [Weaverville](/source/Weaverville%2C_North_Carolina) - [Whittier](/source/Whittier%2C_North_Carolina) ## See also - [List of North Carolina area codes](/source/List_of_North_Carolina_area_codes) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["NANP-Split of 704 (North Carolina) Numbering Plan Area (NPA)"](https://www.nationalnanpa.com/pdf_previous/pl-nanp-105.pdf) (PDF). NANPA. January 8, 1998. Retrieved February 16, 2023. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Long, Aarik (March 25, 2026). ["828 running out of phone numbers: new area code is coming"](https://www.themountaineer.com/news/828-running-out-of-phone-numbers-new-area-code-is-coming/article_d985f386-59cd-4dde-9bed-34c07d14c6f9.html). *[The Mountaineer](/source/The_Mountaineer)*. ## External links - ["Area Code Maps"](https://www.nanpa.com/resources/area-code-maps). [North American Numbering Plan Administrator](/source/North_American_Numbering_Plan_Administrator). North Carolina area codes: 252, 336/743, 704/980, 828, 910/472, 919/984 North: 423, 336/743 West: 423, 865 Area code 828 East: 336/743, 704/980, South: 706/762, 864/821 Tennessee area codes: 423, 615/629, 731, 865, 901, 931 South Carolina area codes: 803/839, 843/854, 864/821 Georgia area codes: 229, 404, 478, 678/470/943, 706/762, 770, 912 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Area code 828](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_code_828) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_code_828?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.