Area code 839

Area code 839 at a glance

NANPA lists 839 as an in-service geographic area code for South Carolina, first put into service on May 26, 2020. It is an overlay: 839 and 803 cover the same territory, so neighbors on the same street can have different area codes. It is in the Eastern time zone. The places with the most assigned exchanges include Columbia, Newberry, Barnwell, Orangeburg, and Chester. By population, its largest named places are Columbia, Rock Hill, Sumter, Fort Mill, and Aiken.

Where 839 numbers are local

839 holds 6.9% of the 2,765 central office codes assigned in South Carolina, the 4th most of the state's 6 codes. 42 Census places could be matched to rate centers with 839 exchanges; the most populous are Columbia (145,000), Rock Hill (75,798), Sumter (42,958), and Fort Mill (36,244). For a storefront or service area inside 839, the place pages show which prefixes are rated local there.

How calls are dialed in 839

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 839 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits. Ten-digit local dialing means the area code is part of how customers save and recognize your number, so print it in full everywhere. NANPA's dialing-plan note for this code reads: "1+10 digit permissible at each service providers discretion"

Phone companies in area code 839

26 carriers hold the 190 central office codes assigned in 839. New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - Ga has the most, with 65 (34%). 190 of the codes (100%) are pooled, meaning the code holder shares blocks of 1,000 numbers with other carriers instead of using all 10,000 itself. Numbers can move between carriers through porting, so a code's holder tells you where the block started, not where every number lives now.

Local calling areas in 839

NANPA assigns each central office code to a rate center, the local calling area that decides whether a call is local or toll. 839 has codes in 52 rate centers. The table lists the rate centers with the most codes, with the matching Census place where the abbreviation could be matched.

How full is area code 839?

An area code has 800 possible central office codes that start with 2 through 9, a few of which are reserved (such as N11 service codes and 555). 190 are assigned in 839, 24% of 800. 188 were assigned in 2020 or later.

Getting a 839 number for your business

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