Get a local business phone number in Philippi, WV

What area code is Philippi, WV?

With 2,845 residents in the Census 2024 estimate, Philippi sits in Barbour County, West Virginia. NANPA lists 4 exchanges for its rate center across 2 area codes; 304 has the most (3, 75%). 304 is part of an overlay with 681, so a new local number in Philippi may carry any of those codes depending on which have numbers available. Philippi is in the Eastern time zone.

According to NANPA's dialing-plan data, local calls within 304 are dialed as ten digits (area code plus number) and toll calls as 1 plus ten digits.

Who holds Philippi phone exchanges

4 carriers hold the 4 exchanges assigned to Philippi's rate center. Gateway Telecom LLC d/b/a Stratuswave Comm LLC WV has the most, with 1. 4 of them are pooled codes, which the holder shares with other carriers in blocks of 1,000 numbers. Holding a code means NANPA assigned that block of numbers to the carrier for this rate center; individual numbers may since have been ported elsewhere.

Philippi phone prefixes

A prefix (NXX) is the three digits after the area code. Numbers starting with these prefixes are rated as local to Philippi. The earliest assignment date recorded in the file for these codes is 2004. 1 of the 4 were assigned in 2020 or later.

When Philippi's exchanges were assigned

The table groups Philippi's exchanges by the decade NANPA recorded them as assigned.

Rate centers and local calling in Philippi

What a caller sees as "local" is the area code plus prefix. In Philippi, those come from the PHILIPPI rate center, as recorded by NANPA.

New local numbers are drawn from carrier inventory, so the exact 304 numbers available change over time; porting an existing number is free.

Businesses around Philippi

Philippi is outside any Census metro or micropolitan area, so the figures below are statewide. County Business Patterns counted 35,839 business establishments in West Virginia in 2023, employing 551,240 people. The largest sectors by establishment count are retail trade (5,696), health care and social assistance (5,019), and other services (except public administration) (4,255).

A Philippi number on Callata

Callata Office costs $99 per month for up to 5 people, and each additional user is $20 a month. That covers up to 3 local numbers, calling from a browser or your cell, transcribed voicemail, recorded calls with AI summaries, after-hours routing and E911 on each number.

Porting a number you already use in Philippi is free, and business texting is available once the carrier registration (10DLC) is approved; the registration carries a one-time $49 fee. Which specific numbers are open in a given area code depends on carrier inventory at the time you sign up.

AI agents are optional: an AI receptionist or scheduler can pick up when the team is busy or closed, take a message, send a text or email, or transfer the call. They draw on prepaid AI minutes ($0.25/minute), disclose that they are AI, and outbound AI calls require prior consent and are limited to 8am–9pm.

Per-seat phone plans multiply by headcount. For the rounded average establishment size in West Virginia, 15 users on RingCentral RingEX Core come to $450.00 a month and on Ooma Office Pro $374.25, at month-to-month list prices checked September 28, 2026. Callata comes to $299.00 a month for 15 users ($99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user), below both.