Richmond is getting a new area code. Not everyone is thrilled: 'I’ll be 804 forever'
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As the calendar rolls into 2024, the Richmond region — synonymous with "the 804" — will soon get another area code. Later this year, area code 686 will officially enter the fray.
The list of potential numbers within any given area code is immense but not unlimited, and officials expect new 804 phone numbers will run out in the third quarter of 2024.
Following that period, any new phone numbers within the same geographical region will be 686 numbers.
"Existing customers will keep their 804 area code and seven-digit telephone number. Phone numbers in the new 686 area code will not be assigned until all available phone numbers in the 804 area code are exhausted," according to a press release by the State Corporation Commission explaining the change, which was officially approved in November.
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