─────── § 04. NPA RECORD · 843 · FOLIO 0645 OF 0801 ──────────────
843
United States NPA Record
Area code for the eastern and southern third of South Carolina, including Myrtle Beach, Charleston, and Florence, created in 1998 from a split of 803.
Area code for the eastern and southern third of South Carolina, including Myrtle Beach, Charleston, and Florence, created in 1998 from a split of 803.
IN SERVICEFirst record · 1998
§ 04.05Event Summary
relief planned · 3permissive dialing · 2split · 2mandatory dialing · 1
§ 04.06
Documentary Record · 11 events
CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
1998-01-01
split
NPA 843 split from 803
Area code 843 was created in 1998 by splitting the Lowcountry region from area code 803, further reducing 803's coverage to the Midlands.
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1998-03-22
split
NPA 843 split from 803
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2013-12-09
relief planned
Overlay relief planned for NPA 843
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2013-12-13
relief planned
843 overlay with 854 approved
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2013-12-16
relief planned
Area code 854 announced as overlay for 843
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2014-02-11
NPA 854 overlay on 843 announced
NPA 854 to Overlay NPA 843 (South Carolina)
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2014-11-14
NPA 854 overlay on 843 announced
NPA 854 to Overlay NPA 843 (South Carolina)
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2015-03-14
NPA 854 overlays 843
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2015-03-14
permissive dialing
Permissive 10-digit dialing begins for 843/854
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2015-09-18
permissive dialing
Permissive dialing period begins for 843/854 overlay
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2015-09-19
mandatory dialing
Mandatory 10-digit dialing for 843/854
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