Area Code Atlas

NPA 984 overlay on 919 announced

NPA 984 To Overlay NPA 919 (North Carolina)

919/984 NPA Overlay Deferred (North Carolina)

NPA 984 overlay on 919 announced

NPA 984 to Overlay NPA 919 (North Carolina)

Overlay planned for NPA 919 with new code 984

The North Carolina Utilities Commission commenced the implementation of an overlay for area code 919 with the new area code 984 in September 2011, due to number exhaustion from growth and proliferation of cellular devices.

Permissive dialing begins for 919/984 overlay

A permissive dialing period for local calls began on October 1, 2011, allowing both seven-digit and ten-digit dialing in the 919/984 overlay area to prepare customers for the new dialing procedure.

Mandatory ten-digit dialing begins for 919/984 overlay

Mandatory ten-digit dialing became effective on March 31, 2012, across the 919/984 overlay region, requiring callers to dial the area code for all local calls within the area.

Area code 984 activated as overlay to 919

Area code 984 was activated on April 30, 2012, as an overlay to area code 919, serving the same geographic area in the Research Triangle region of North Carolina.

No exhaust date projected for 919/984

Projections in 2019 indicated that area codes 919 and 984 were far from exhaustion, with no additional area code needed for the Triangle region for at least 30 years.