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Area code
757
In service
United States · since 1996

Hampton Roads

Created in 1996 from a split of 804, area code 757 serves the Hampton Roads metro and Virginia's Eastern Shore. It shares its territory with overlay 948, and "757" is a widely used regional brand.

The essentials Numbering data · NumberResearch · as of 2026-09-18
Place
Hampton Roads
Type
geographic
Status
in service
In service since
1996
Projected exhaust
2062 Q3

Status, dates and counts are read from NumberResearch (NANPA / CNAC / FCC records). Assignment records show initial assignees, not the carrier serving a number today.

A · Where it is

Where 757 is

Southeastern Virginia — the Hampton Roads metropolitan area and the Virginia portion of the Delmarva Peninsula (Eastern Shore)..

Communities served wholly or partly by 757:

NorfolkVirginia BeachChesapeakeNewport NewsHamptonWilliamsburg

Coextensive with overlay 948.

B · Relationships

How it relates to other codes

The codes 757 was split from, spawned, or shares its area with. A split divides the map and changes some numbers; an overlay shares the same ground and changes none — what's the difference?

Split from · 1996 804 Richmond 757 split off from 804, taking the Eastern Shore and most of Hampton Roads.
Overlay · 2022 948 Hampton Roads (overlay) 948 overlaid on the same 757 territory; both serve identical geography.
What's changing. Overlaid with 948 (activated 2022-05-09). 10-digit dialing mandatory.
C · History

How 757 got here

1996-07-01
Established through a split from 804, covering Hampton Roads and the Eastern Shore.
Source: Wikipedia
2022-05-09
Verizon activated 948; 10-digit dialing became mandatory across the 757/948 region.
Source: Wikipedia
D · Capacity

How full it is

Prefixes assigned
800
Prefixes available
0
Thousands-blocks assigned
3,836

Prefix-assignment counts describe allocation to carriers, not how many individual numbers are in use. Full technical records: NumberResearch ↗.

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Sources
Wikipedia ↗
Area codes 757 and 948
NumberResearch.org ↗
Live status, dates, assignment counts and exhaust forecast — data as of 2026-09-18 (CC BY 4.0).

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