Area Code 540

Area Code 540 was created on 15th July 1995 as a result in split of area code 703. The Code 540 provides telephone services to North and Central regions of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The particular code was in fact formed for providing numbering relief to area code 703 which was running out of available phone numbers because of the ever increasing exhausted demands of telephone lines. 
The 540 area code got split on 1st September 2001 and introduced new area code 276 to the region.
Virginia is the South Atlantic state - South Atlantic geographic division of United States is composed of eight states and only one district:

• Delaware
• Florida
• Georgia
• Maryland
• North Carolina
• South Carolina
• Virginia
• West Virginia
• The District of Columbia

Total seven area codes are providing telephone services to the Commonwealth of Virginia. 

• Area Code 276 (Created in 2001)
• Area Code 434 (Created in 2001)
• Area Code 540 (Created in 1995)
• Area Code 571 (Created in 2000)
• Area Code 703 (Created in 1947)
• Area Code 757 (Created in 1996)
• Area Code 804 (Created in 1973)

The Standard Time Zone followed by the code 540 is Eastern Time Zone. Area Codes surrounding the code 540 are:

• West: Code 276, Overlay Codes 304/681
• North: Overlay Codes 304/681
• East: Overlay Codes 571/703, Overlay Codes 240/301
• South: Code 434, Code 804

List of Counties:

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COVINGTON CRAIGSVILLE CRIDERS CRIMORA CROSS JUNCTION CROZET CULPEPER DAHLGREN DALEVILLE DAYTON DEERFIELD DELAPLANE DOE HILL DRAPER DUBLIN DUGSPUR DUMFRIES EAGLE ROCK EDINBURG EGGLESTON ELKTON ELKWOOD ELLISTON ETLAN FAIRFIELD FERRUM FINCASTLE FISHERSVILLE FLINT HILL FLOYD FORT DEFIANCE FORT VALLEY FREDERICKSBURG FRONT ROYAL FULKS RUN GLADE HILL GLASGOW GLEN LYN GOLDVEIN GOODE GOODVIEW GORDONSVILLE GORE GOSHEN GRAVES MILL GREENVILLE GREENWOOD GROTTOES HAMILTON HARDY HARRISONBURG HARTWOOD HAYWOOD HEAD WATERS HENRY HINTON HIWASSEE HOOD HOT SPRINGS HUDDLESTON HUME HUNTLY INDIAN VALLEY JEFFERSONTON KEEZLETOWN KENTS STORE KESWICK KING GEORGE LEESBURG LEON LEXINGTON LIGNUM LINCOLN LINDEN LINVILLE LOCUST DALE LOCUST GROVE LOUISA LOVETTSVILLE LOW MOOR LURAY LYNCH STATION LYNCHBURG LYNDHURST MADISON MARKHAM MARSHALL MARTINSBURG MAURERTOWN MC DOWELL MC GAHEYSVILLE MC LEAN MEADOWS OF DAN MIDDLEBROOK MIDDLEBURG MIDDLETOWN MIDLAND MILLBORO MILLWOOD MINERAL MITCHELLS MONETA MONTEBELLO MONTEREY MONTPELIER

MONTVALE MOUNT CRAWFORD MOUNT JACKSON MOUNT SIDNEY MOUNT SOLON MUSTOE NARROWS NATURAL BRIDGE NATURAL BRIDGE STATION NEW CASTLE NEW HOPE NEW MARKET NEWBERN NEWPORT OAKPARK ORANGE ORISKANY ORKNEY SPRINGS ORLEAN PAEONIAN SPRINGS PAINT BANK PARIS PARROTT PARTLOW PEARISBURG PEMBROKE PENHOOK PENN LAIRD PHILOMONT PILOT PORT REPUBLIC PRATTS PULASKI PURCELLVILLE QUICKSBURG RADFORD RADIANT RAPHINE RAPIDAN RECTORTOWN REMINGTON REVA RHOADESVILLE RICH CREEK RICHARDSVILLE RICHMOND RILEYVILLE RINER RIPPLEMEAD RIXEYVILLE ROANOKE ROCHELLE ROCKBRIDGE BATHS ROCKY MOUNT ROUND HILL SALEM SHAWSVILLE SHENANDOAH SINGERS GLEN SOMERSET SPERRYVILLE SPOTSYLVANIA STAFFORD STAFFORDSVILLE STANLEY STAR TANNERY STAUNTON STEELES TAVERN STEPHENS CITY STEPHENSON STEVENSBURG STRASBURG STUARTS DRAFT SUMERDUCK SWOOPE SYRIA THAXTON THE PLAINS THORNBURG TIMBERVILLE TOMS BROOK TROUTVILLE TYRO UNION HALL UNIONVILLE UPPERVILLE VERONA VESUVIUS VILLAMONT VINTON WARM SPRINGS WARRENTON WASHINGTON WATERFORD WAYNESBORO WEST AUGUSTA WEYERS CAVE WHITE POST WILLIAMSVILLE WILLIS WINCHESTER WIRTZ WOLFTOWN WOODFORD WOODSTOCK WOODVILLE

Leading institutions, ISPs and Telephone companies:

Some of the leading educational institutions are:

• Blue Ridge Chapel School of the Prophets        (540) 483-7977
• Bluefield College                    (540) 326-3682
• Bridgewater College                (540) 828-5312

Some of the main carriers and telephone companies are:

• CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS - AZ
• CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS - CA
• DOBSON CELLULAR SYSTEMS, INC.
• GULF TELEPHONE CO.
• LOUISIANA UNWIRED, LLC
• NETWORK SERVICES LLC (TSR)
• NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC - GA
• PAC - WEST TELECOMM, INC.
• PACIFIC BELL
• SOUTHWESTERN BELL
• TELEPORT COMMUNICATIONS GROUP - LOS ANGELES
• TELEPORT COMMUNICATIONS GROUP - SAN FRANCISCO
• T-MOBILE USA, INC.
• USA MOBILITY WIRELESS, INC.
• UTILITY TELEPHONE, INC. - CA
• VERIZON CALIFORNIA INC.-CA (GTE)
• WESTERN WIRELESS CORPORATION-CA
• XO CALIFORNIA, INC.

Some of the ISPs offering dialup and dedicated services for the people of 540 areas are:

Enspirion, Inc.  Eriex     Eskimo North, Inc.     Ets Communications     Evolution Communications, Inc

Excel         Excel Communications         Express 56     Family Access Internet Services

Reverse Phone Check for the area code 540:

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