This map shows the overlay of the 854 area code in the entire 843 zone, where dialing 10 digits for each phone number, including the area code, takes effect Sept. 19. Courtesy of Horry Telephone ...

CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) - Calling a number in the 843 area code now requires dialing 10 digits to complete the call. The change comes as one of the final steps in a process to add a second area code to ...

This map shows the overlay of the 854 area code in the entire 843 zone, where dialing 10 digits for each phone number, including the area code, takes effect Sept. 19. The (Myrtle Beach) Sun News ...

South Carolina's fourth area code will be 854, but no one is expected to get one of the new phone numbers until some time in 2015. The 854 number will be South Carolina's first "overlay" area code, so ...

A proposal to add a second area code in the Lowcountry would force callers to dial at least 10 digits for every phone call, even numbers beginning with area code 843. The proposed change is the result ...

Starting in May 2020, South Carolina will add a fifth area code: 839. S.C. Public Service Commission A new area code for Upstate South Carolina has been in the works for more than a year and is ...

CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) - By the end of 2015, calling someone in the Lowcountry, even your next door neighbor, will involve dialing 10 digits instead of seven. That's because a new area code, 854, will ...

This map shows the overlay of the 854 area code in the entire 843 zone, where dialing 10 digits for each phone number, including the area code, takes effect Sept. 19. Courtesy of Horry Telephone ...