Find any 704- phone number in North Carolina
The 704 area code is used within North Carolina as part of the North American Numbering Plan. The 704 area code was originally put into service in 1947, one of the original 86 North American area codes. It is one of the few remaining original area codes that still serves its original geographic area. 704 covers most of the 14 central counties in North Carolina, including the Charlotte metropolitan area, the majority of the Triangle area, the portions of the Triad area, and all of Cabarrus and Stanly Counties. This is the only area code in North Carolina that serves this large geographic area.
The North American Numbering Plan is a system that is used to assign telephone numbers within the United States, Canada and various Caribbean Islands. The system is overseen by a five nation consortium, which designates and assigns area codes to a geographic area based on population density and geographical boundaries. Each area code consists of 3 digits and serves a particular area within a certain country. 704 is one of the many area codes that are assigned to different geographic locations in North America, allowing telephone numbers to be easily identified and dialed from any area code.