Area codes 843 and 854are telephonearea codesin theNorth American Numbering Plan(NANP) for a portion of theU.S. stateofSouth Carolinathat comprises roughly the eastern third and the southern tip. The numbering plan area (NPA) includes theGrand Strand,theLowcountry,thePee Dee,and theSandhills.Major cities in the region areMyrtle Beach,Charleston,Beaufort,Hilton Head IslandandFlorence.Area code 843 was created in 1998 whenarea code 803was split, while 854 was added in 2015 to form an all-servicesoverlay.
History
editArea code 843 entered service on March 22, 1998, created in a split of area code 803. In 2013, the NANP Administrator determined that 843 would run out of central office prefixes in 2015.[1]In addition to the rapid growth of the Grand Strand, Charleston and Beaufort/Hilton Head areas, most of the southern portion of the numbering plan area is part of theSavannah, GeorgiaLATA.
On December 9, 2013, it was decided that the 843 territory would receive the state's first all-service overlay.[2]On December 16, 2013, the new area code of 854, approved by theSouth Carolina Public Service Commission,was announced.[3]854 entered service on March 14, 2015. Permissive dialing continued until September 18, 2015, during which both seven- andten-digit dialingwere supported. On September 19, 2015, ten-digit dialing became mandatory in the 843/854 territory. The first new 854 numbers were issued sometime in the fall of 2015.[4]
Service area
editCounties
editMajor communities
editMajor cities within the area code are in bold.
- Andrews
- Atlantic Beach
- Aynor
- Awendaw
- Beaufort
- Bennettsville
- Bethune
- Blenheim
- Bluffton
- Briarcliffe Acres
- Carolina Forest
- Charleston
- Conway
- Darlington
- Dillon
- Edisto Beach
- Florence
- Folly Beach
- Garden City Beach
- Georgetown
- Goose Creek
- Hanahan
- Hardeeville
- Hartsville
- Hemingway
- Hilton Head Island
- Isle of Palms
- Jamestown
- Johns Island
- Johnsonville
- Kingstree
- Ladson
- Lake City
- Lake View
- Lamar
- Latta
- Little River
- Loris
- Longs
- Marion
- McBee
- McClellanville
- McColl
- Moncks Corner
- Mt. Pleasant
- Mullins
- Murrells Inlet
- Myrtle Beach
- Nesmith
- Nichols
- North Charleston
- North Hartsville
- North Myrtle Beach
- Okatie
- Pageland
- Pawleys Island
- Port Royal
- Quinby
- Red Hill
- Ridgeland
- Socastee
- Society Hill
- St. Stephen
- Stuckey
- Sullivans Island
- Summerville
- Surfside Beach
- Timmonsville
- Turbeville
- Wallace
- Walterboro
References
edit- ^April 2013 NPA Exhaust Analysisnanpa
- ^"New area code to be added to Lowcountry, Pee Dee area – The Post and Courier".postandcourier.Archived fromthe originalon 2013-12-13.
- ^"New area code for South Carolina revealed – The Post and Courier".Retrieved18 June2023.
- ^"Archived copy"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2014-05-12.Retrieved2014-05-11.
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External links
edit| North:704/980,910/472 | ||
| West:803/839 | Area code 843/854 | East:Atlantic Ocean,441 |
| South:912 | ||
| North Carolinaarea codes:252,336/743,704/980,828,910/472,919/984 | ||
| Georgiaarea codes:229,404,478,678/470/943,706/762,770,912 | ||