The Commonwealth of Virginia is divided into six geographically distinct numbering plan areas (NPAs) in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) with a total of 10 area codes.
Areacode Year ParentNPA Overlay Numbering plan area 703 1947 – 571/703 Northern Virginia, including the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, and Falls Church as well as Arlington, Fairfax, Prince William, and Loudoun counties 571 2000 703 804 1973 703 686/804 Eastern Central Virginia the Northern Neck, and the Middle Peninsula including Mechanicsville, Petersburg, and Richmond 686 2024 804 540 1995 703 540/826 Central and North including Fredericksburg, Roanoke, Warrenton, and Winchester 826 2022 540 757 1996 804 757/948 Hampton Roads region and Southeast corner including Hampton, Newport News, Williamsburg, Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, and the Eastern Shore on the Delmarva Peninsula 948 2022 757 276 2001 540 – Southwest corner of the state, including Bristol, Galax, Martinsville, and Wytheville 434 2001 804 – South central area including Charlottesville and Lynchburg
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