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Area code 843 entered service on March 22, 1998, created in a split of area code 803. In 2013, the NANP Administrator determined that 843 would run out of central office prefixes in 2015. In addition to the rapid growth of the Grand Strand, Charleston and
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September 19, 2015, ten-digit dialing became mandatory in the 843/854 territory. The first new 854 numbers were issued sometime in the fall of 2015.
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114:ten-digit dialing
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894:Categories
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581:References
574:Walterboro
564:Turbeville
504:Port Royal
333:Hartsville
313:Georgetown
281:Darlington
270:Charleston
177:Georgetown
172:Charleston
137:Darlington
67:Charleston
57:, and the
51:Lowcountry
39:U.S. state
31:area codes
596:nanpa.com
519:Ridgeland
385:Lake View
380:Lake City
370:Kingstree
355:Jamestown
338:Hemingway
59:Sandhills
675:cite web
524:Socastee
514:Red Hill
494:Pageland
297:Florence
254:Bluffton
249:Blenheim
234:Beaufort
197:Beaufort
187:Colleton
167:Berkeley
157:Marlboro
132:Florence
125:Counties
79:Florence
71:Beaufort
864:33°20′N
843:706/762
823:Georgia
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718:843/854
714:803/839
634:18 June
569:Wallace
539:Stuckey
467:Nichols
462:Nesmith
445:Mullins
323:Hanahan
244:Bethune
229:Awendaw
214:Andrews
93:History
87:overlay
55:Pee Dee
33:in the
867:80°2′W
509:Quinby
489:Okatie
430:McColl
415:Marion
375:Ladson
286:Dillon
276:Conway
192:Jasper
152:Dillon
147:Marion
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410:Longs
405:Loris
395:Latta
390:Lamar
224:Aynor
142:Horry
762:East
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681:link
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