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Area code 276

Area code 276 serves Virginia, including Norton, Abingdon and Martinsville (Eastern time). It has been in service since September 1, 2001.

Numbers starting with 276 drew 897 reports to the FTC from Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026 and 408 complaints to the FCC since November 2023. The number on your screen can be faked, so a 276 number proves nothing about where a call came from.

Location
Virginia
Time zone
Eastern
In service since
September 1, 2001Created from 540
Overlay
None: the only code for its area
Local calls
Dial 10 digitsArea code needed, even next door
Exchanges in use
374 of 792held by 45 carriers
Projected to run out
1Q 2072NANPA forecast 2026.2

Complaints about 276 numbers

Reports where the number on the consumer's caller ID (or, for the FCC, the number the caller asked them to call back) starts with 276. These are counts of what people reported; the agencies do not verify them.

FTC reports, Aug 14, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026

897

FCC complaints since November 2023

408

Different 276 numbers reported

1,185

FCC complaints naming a 276 number, by month

November 2023 to October 2026. Source: FCC Consumer Complaints Data.

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MonthComplaints
November 20238
December 202311
January 202413
February 20246
March 20245
April 20249
May 202413
June 202413
July 202421
August 20246
September 202416
October 202413
November 202411
December 202416
January 202523
February 202515
March 20257
April 202510
May 202510
June 202511
July 20258
August 20258
September 202510
October 20250
November 202516
December 20254
January 20265
February 202625
March 20268
April 20266
May 20265
June 202612
July 20267
August 202610
September 202621
October 202617

What people said 276 calls were about

Subjects picked in FTC reports, August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. 564 of 897 reports were robocalls.

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SubjectReports
Other373
Reducing your debt (credit cards, mortgage, student loans)191
Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends83
Medical and prescriptions73
Dropped call or no message46
Warranties and protection plans21

Most reported 276 numbers

Numbers with at least five reports from three or more places in the last twelve months. Many of them are likely spoofed.

Places served by 276

NANPA lists 78 rate centers for 276. A rate center is the town or district a block of numbers is tied to for billing; sorted here by how many exchanges each holds.
  • Norton27
  • Abingdon25
  • Martinsville20
  • Wytheville19
  • Bristol16
  • Richlands14
  • Galax12
  • Marion11
  • Lebanon9
  • Big Stone Gap7
  • Bluefield7
  • Hillsville7
  • Coeburn6
  • Gate City6
  • Tazewell6
  • Collinsville5
  • Grundy5
  • Independence5
  • Pennington Gap5
  • Stuart5
  • Wise5
  • Appalachia4
  • Bassett4
  • Cana4
Show all 78 rate centers

Clintwood, Haysi, Honaker, Jonesville, Meadows of Dan, Pound, Rural Retreat, Spencer, Bland, Chilhowie, Cumberland Gap, Dante, Davenport, Fieldale, Fries, Laurel Fork, Max Meadows, Meadowview, Morrison City, Mouth of Wilson, Oakwood, Ridgeway, Saint Charles, Saint Paul, Saltville, Sylvatus, Woolwine, Ararat, Austinville, Axton, Big Prater, Big Rock, Burkes Garden, Ceres, Clinchco, Clinchport, Comers Rock-Elk Creek, Cripple Creek, Damascus, Duffield, Dwight, Fort Blackmore, Glade Spring, Hurley, Konnarock, Maxie, Nickelsville, Pocahontas, Rocky Gap, Sugar Grove, Williams Mill, Dungannon, Jewell Ridge, Rich Valley.

Phone companies holding 276 exchanges

Each exchange (the three digits after the area code) is assigned to one carrier. 89% of these exchanges are pooled: their numbers are handed out in blocks of 1,000 to other carriers, so the holder below is not always the company serving a given number.

Exchanges held, top 8 of 45 carriers

NANPA central office code assignments, file of November 11, 2026.

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Carrier (legal name)Exchanges
United Telephone-Southeast-VA dba Centurylink-VA46
Onvoy, LLC - VA34
Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless - VA29
Verizon Virginia, Inc.27
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC - GA23
Brightspeed of Virginia, LLC21
Verizon South, Inc. - VA18
Fractel, LLC15

When today's 276 exchanges were assigned

Exchanges still assigned, by year of assignment. Exchanges returned since are not counted.

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YearExchanges
200110
200217
20035
20044
20054
20063
20071
20081
20095
20109
20114
201210
20136
20141
20151
20161
20172
20188
201916
202014
202122
202218
202319
20249
20255
20269

Check a 276 number

A check shows the carrier and rate center of the number's exchange and every FTC and FCC report about that exact number. Why the number on screen can be fake.

Other area codes in Virginia

NANPA area code database and central office code file of November 11, 2026; FCC complaints November 1, 2023 to November 11, 2026; FTC reports August 14, 2026 to November 11, 2026. How the data is used.

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