Area Code 828 serves the western mountain regions of United States of North Carolina. Western North Carolina contains the Appalachian Mountains; therefore it is often termed geographically as the state's Mountain Region.
The 828 code was created in 1988 as a result in split of area code 704. The code 704 was split to free up numbers because of the increasing demands for pagers and mobile phones.
Asheville and Hickory are the two metropolitan cities which are being served by area code 828. The 828 code is surrounded by the areas as:
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