Virginia area codes

Codes in service in Virginia

Virginia has 10 geographic area codes in service: 276, 434, 540, 571, 686, 703, 757, 804, 826, 948. 703 is the oldest, dated 1947, and 686 the newest, dated 1 Feb 2024.1 All of Virginia's codes are on Eastern time.

Area code	NANPA location	NPA in-service date	In-service overlay peers	Time zone	Local calls within the code
276	VA	1 Sep 2001	None listed	Eastern	10 digits
434	VA	1 Jun 2001	None listed	Eastern	7 digits
540	VA	15 Jul 1995	826	Eastern	10 digits
571	VA	1 Mar 2000	703	Eastern	10 digits
686	VA	1 Feb 2024	804	Eastern	10 digits
703	VA	1947	571	Eastern	10 digits
757	VA	1 Jul 1996	948	Eastern	10 digits
804	VA	24 Jun 1973	686	Eastern	10 digits
826	VA	14 Jun 2022	540	Eastern	10 digits
948	VA	9 May 2022	757	Eastern	10 digits

Scroll the table sideways to see every column. Sources: NANPA (14 October 2026 file).

History and overlays in Virginia

Before 1960: 703 (1947)
1960 to 1989: 804 (24 Jun 1973)
1990s: 540 (15 Jul 1995), 757 (1 Jul 1996)
2000s: 571 (1 Mar 2000), 434 (1 Jun 2001), 276 (1 Sep 2001)
2020s: 948 (9 May 2022), 826 (14 Jun 2022), 686 (1 Feb 2024)

Virginia's in-service overlay groups are 540/826; 571/703; 686/804; 757/948.1

571/703: 703 (1947) was joined by 571 on 1 Mar 2000.
686/804: 804 (1973) was joined by 686 on 1 Feb 2024.
540/826: 540 (1995) was joined by 826 on 14 Jun 2022.
757/948: 757 (1996) was joined by 948 on 9 May 2022.

Dialing in Virginia

Local calls within a single area code in Virginia differ: 7 digits for 434; 10 digits for 276, 540, 571, 686, 703, 757, 804, 826, 948. From any of Virginia's codes, local calls to another area code are all recorded as 10 digits.1 Seven-digit local dialing is still recorded for 434.

Neighbours of Virginia

Regions that border Virginia:

District of Columbia: 2 codes (202, 771)
Kentucky: 5 codes (270, 364, 502, 606, ...)
Maryland: 6 codes (227, 240, 301, 410, ...)
North Carolina: 10 codes (252, 336, 472, 704, ...)

Rules that apply to every region are on the area-code reference.

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Sources

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NANPA, NPA Database CSV, file dated 14 October 2026; US geographic codes, location, dates, overlay complexes, dialing plan and time zone. Retrieved 14 Oct 2026
https://reports.nanpa.com/public/npa_report.csv