(© Farknot Architect – stock.adobe.com) A new area code is coming to Virginia. Customers who request new service or additional phone lines in the 804 region could be assigned a 686 area code.

The 540 area code encompasses the northwestern and southwestern portions of Virginia; some of the larger cities include Blacksburg, Christiansburg, Culpeper, Fredericksburg, Front Royal ...

Virginia has the two most expensive ZIP codes in the D.C. area. First is ZIP code 22066 in Great Falls, where the median home price was $2.39 million. It's where an AOL co-founder's estate sold in ...

Starting June 14, 2022, new customers may be assigned 826 rather than 540 as an area code. It’s important to note that existing numbers with 540 will not be changed.

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — With expectations that the 804 area code will run out of phone numbers by mid-2024, a new area code has been picked for parts of central Virginia and the Northern Neck.

The new code was administered to relieve future exhaustion of phone numbers in Virginia's 540 area code. The 540 area code region currently includes a large portion of the state.

The State Corporation Commission is inviting the public to comment on a proposed area code change for the three-digit number beloved by users in its region, 804. According to the SCC, it is ...

The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline will be getting its own three-digit dialing number – 988 – in 2022. Before that can happen, dialing changes will be necessary in two Virginia area ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- If you do not already add the 804 area code while making local calls to friends, family, and others in Central Virginia -- start. On October 24, 2021, you must dial ten digits ...

Welcome to the 948, Hampton Roads. That will be the area's new area code when the region runs out of phone numbers with the 757 area code.

Beginning Monday, anyone starting a new telephone service may be assigned the new area code for the Hampton Roads region: 948. The change is the latest phase in an effort to prepare for the ...

If you leave off the area code, the call will still go through until April 9, 2022. That's when you'll need to use the area code and dial the full 10-digit phone number every time you make a call.