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Area code 276
Telephone area code for southwestern Virginia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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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.[1]