{{Short description|Telephone area code for southwestern Virginia}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} thumb|right|300px|Numbering plan area (red) of area code 276 '''Area code 276''' is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the western part of the U.S. state of Virginia. It was established by a split of area code 540 on September 1, 2001.

Prior to October 2021, area code 276 had telephone numbers assigned for the central office code 988. In 2020, ''988'' was designated nationwide as a dialing code for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, which created a conflict for exchanges that permit seven-digit dialing. This area code was therefore scheduled to transition to ten-digit dialing by October 24, 2021.<ref name="pl556">{{cite web|url=https://nationalnanpa.com/pdf/PL_556.pdf|date=January 8, 2021|publisher=North American Numbering Plan Administrator |title=Transition to 10-digit dialing (for 988 as 3-digit access to National Suicide Prevention Hotline)|access-date=March 9, 2021}}</ref>

==Service area== The service area comprises the southwest corner of the Commonwealth of Virginia, including most of the New River Valley {{citation needed|date=April 2026}} <!-- NRV is area code 540 --> and the Virginia side of the Tri-Cities.

Within the service area are the following independent cities: {{div col|colwidth=15em}} * Bristol * Galax * Martinsville * Norton {{div col end}}

The following counties are also located in the numbering plan area: {{div col|colwidth=15em}} * Bland * Buchanan * Carroll * Dickenson * Grayson * Henry * Lee * Patrick * Russell * Scott * Smyth * Tazewell * Washington * Wise * Wythe {{div col end}}

==See also== *List of North American Numbering Plan area codes *List of Virginia area codes

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{Area code footer|Map=VA}}

{{Area code box|State=VA | This=276 | N=304/681, 540 | S=336, 423 | E=434 | W=606 | S1=NC | S2=TN | S3=WV }}

Category:Telecommunications-related introductions in 2001 276 276 Category:2001 establishments in Virginia

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