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Blacksburg area codes

Blacksburg, in Cherokee County, South Carolina, had a Census-estimated population of 1,954 in July 2024. All 11 exchanges NANPA lists for its rate center are in area code 864. 864 is part of an overlay with 821, so a new local number in Blacksburg may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Blacksburg is in the Eastern time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 864 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.

Phone carriers in Blacksburg

9 carriers hold the 11 exchanges assigned to Blacksburg's rate center. Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless - SC has the most, with 3. 10 of them are pooled codes, which the holder shares with other carriers in blocks of 1,000 numbers. The table counts codes by the operating company NANPA assigned them to, not by who serves each number today.

Exchanges (NPA-NXX) assigned in Blacksburg

These are the central office codes NANPA records for Blacksburg. A caller seeing one of them recognizes a local number. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2014. 2 of the 11 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Blacksburg's exchanges were assigned

Assignment dates show when each block of Blacksburg numbers was added to the local supply.

How local numbers work in Blacksburg

Phone numbers are tied to a rate center, the local calling area used to decide whether a call is local or toll. Blacksburg's numbers are rated to the BLACKSBURG rate center in NANPA's records. A business number from one of the prefixes above shows up on customers' phones as a Blacksburg number.

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The local business market

Blacksburg is part of the Gaffney, SC micropolitan area, home to 57,770 people in 2024. County Business Patterns counted 935 business establishments in the Gaffney, SC micropolitan area in 2023, employing 17,983 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (190), other services (except public administration) (162), and construction (91).

Setting up a Blacksburg business line

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