Area Code 252
The North American Numbering Plan was launched in the year 1947. It is devised by the US telecom giant AT&T Bell Laboratories. The NANP area code concept was developed to identify a particular area. The idea was to designate different places with a code of their own which would be used for its identification. This system was devised as a part of integrated telecom based coding system for 24 countries in the continent of North America including USA and its territories, Canada, and the countries of the Caribbean.
In 1947 when the system of area codes was launched for the first time there were 86 different area codes. With the passage of time and increase in the number of subscribers the number has grown to become 280. The other factors which led to the increase in the number are the increasing demands related to diversification to do away with the congestion and increase in the number of subscribers.
The area code 252 is designated for the northeastern sector of the North Carolina state. This area code was originally a part area code 919. In the year 1998 it was split.
Area Code 252 serves several counties including Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Franklin, Gates, Granville, Greene, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, Vance, Wake, Warren, Washington, Wayne and Wilson.
The cities covered under this area code are Albertson, Avon, Atlantic Beach, Beaufort, Belvidere, Belhaven, Cedar Island, Castalia, Cherry Point, Cove City, Corolla, Dover, Emerald Isle, Everetts, Elm City, Fairfield, Frisco, Farmville, Garysburg, Gaston, Gloucester, Hamilton, Halifax, Henrico, Henderson, Hertford, Hobbsville, Jackson, Jamesville, Kelford, Kinston, Kitty Hawk, Knotts Island, La Grange, Louisburg, Manteo, Margarettsville, Marshallberg, Merritt, Middleburg, Middlesex, Nashville, Norlina, Oak City, Parmele, Pinetops, Pinetown, Pink Hill, Pleasant Hill, Plymouth, Point Harbor, Rich Square, Rocky Mount, Rodanthe, Rose Hill, Salvo, Saratoga, Scranton, Seven Springs, Severn, Sharpsburg, Shawboro, Snow Hill, South Mills, Spring Hope, Stonewall, Sunbury, Tarboro, Townsville, Trenton, Vaughan, Walstonburg, Warrenton, Washington, Wilson, Windsor, Winterville, Winton and Woodland.
Area Code 252 of consists of around 544 different exchanges. These exchanges are 200 - 240, 241 - 273, 274 - 288, 289 - 299, 303 - 308, 312 - 329, 330 - 344, 345 - 362, 363 - 379, 382 - 399, 401 - 425, 426 - 444, 445 - 466, 467 - 490, 491 - 517, 519 - 535, 536 - 561, 562 - 575, 577 - 589, 591 - 601, 602 - 620, 622 - 639, 641 - 670, 671 - 686, 695, 701 - 729, 732 - 762, 764 - 796, 797 - 823, 824 - 879, 882 - 920, 921 - 939, 940 - 969, 972 - 985, 986, 987, 991, 995 and 996.
Some of the most popular telephone providers in North Carolina are Verizon, Sprint Spectrum, Bell South, Metro Media, Cingular Wireless, AT&T/SBC, Vonage, Choose One, Frontier Communications, Bergen Telecom, Level 3 Communications, CIMCO Communications, Comcast Phone, Global COM, Broadwing Communications, T Mobile, Ameritech, Arthur Mutual Telephone Company, Block Communications Inc., Communication Options Inc., New Knoxville Telephone Co., Staley Technologies Inc., World Radio Telecommunications Inc.