276 Area Code in Virginia, United States
Description
Area code 276 serves southwestern Virginia, including cities and towns such as Bristol, Galax, Martinsville, and Wytheville. It was created in 2001 from a split of area code 540 to address numbering needs in the Appalachian region. The area is known for its mountains, small towns, and traditional industries like furniture manufacturing and agriculture. 276 helps connect rural communities and supports the local economy with modern telecommunications access. It reflects the cultural and geographic distinctiveness of Virginia’s southwestern region.
Time & Time Zone
Time zone:
Eastern (GMT -05:00) Current time:
Map
Major Cities
| City | Prefixes |
|---|---|
Counties
| County | Prefixes |
|---|---|
| Washington | |
| Wythe | |
| Tazewell | |
| Henry | |
| Martinsville City | |
| Buchanan | |
| Wise | |
| Smyth | |
| Norton City | |
| Carroll | |
| Scott | |
| Patrick | |
| Russell | |
| Grayson | |
| Lee | |
| Bland | |
| Dickenson | |
| Bristol City | |
| Galax City | |
| Pulaski | |
| Franklin | |
| Pittsylvania |
Telephone Carriers
| Carrier | Type | Prefixes (%) |
|---|---|---|
| United Telephone Southeast Va Dba Centurylink Va | Landline | 29% |
| Verizon Virginia Inc | Landline | 14% |
| Verizon South Inc Va | Landline | 12% |
| Central Tel Co Of Virginia Dba Centurylink | Landline | 11% |
| Cellco Partnership Dba Verizon Wireless Va | Wireless | 5% |
| United States Cellular Corp Virginia | Wireless | 3% |
| Scott County Telephone Cooperative Inc | Landline | 3% |
| Na Communications Inc | Landline | 2% |
| Comcast Phone Of Virginia Inc Va | Landline | 2% |
| Level 3 Communications Llc Va | Landline | 2% |
| New Cingular Wireless Pcs Llc Ga | Wireless | 2% |
| Virginia Pcs Alliance L C | Wireless | 1% |
| Suncom Dba T Mobile Usa | Wireless | 1% |
| Sprint Spectrum L P Va | Wireless | 1% |
| Mountainet Telephone Company Va | Landline | 1% |
| East Kentucky Netwrk Llc Dba Appalachian Wireless | Wireless | 1% |
| New Cingular Wireless Pcs Llc Dc | Wireless | 1% |
| Bvu Authority Va | Landline | 1% |
| Bandwidth Com Clec Llc Va | Landline | 1% |
| Shentel Communications Company | Landline | 1% |
| Sprint Spectrum L P | Wireless | 1% |
| Omnipoint Communications Cap Operations Llc | Wireless | < 1% |
| Mikrotec Of Virginia Llc Va | Landline | < 1% |
| Telcove Of Virginia Llc Va | Landline | < 1% |
| Cavalier Telephone Llc | Landline | < 1% |
| Time Warner Cable Information Svcs Virginia Va | Landline | < 1% |
| Burkes Garden Telephone Co Inc | Landline | < 1% |
| Lumos Networks Inc | Landline | < 1% |
| Lumos Networks Inc Va | Landline | < 1% |
| Gcr Telecommunications Inc Va | Landline | < 1% |
| Mci Worldcom Communications Inc Va | Landline | < 1% |
| Citizens Telephone Cooperative Va | Landline | < 1% |
| Mcimetro Access Transmission Services Llc Va | Landline | < 1% |
| Sprint Communications Company L P Va | Landline | < 1% |
| Mgw Networks L L C Va | Landline | < 1% |
Prefixes
| Prefix | City | Carrier | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart | Central Tel. Co. of Virginia Dba Centurylink | Landline | |
| Ceres | United Telephone-southeast-va Dba Centurylink-va | Landline | |
| Coeburn | Verizon Virginia, Inc. | Landline | |
| Lebanon | Verizon Virginia, Inc. | Landline | |
| Coeburn | Verizon Virginia, Inc. | Landline | |
| Wytheville | United Telephone-southeast-va Dba Centurylink-va | Landline | |
| Raven | New Cingular Wireless Pcs, Llc - Dc | Wireless | |
| Big Stone Gap | Verizon Virginia, Inc. | Landline | |
| Gate City | Scott County Telephone Cooperative, Inc. | Landline | |
| Vansant | Verizon South Inc.-va | Landline | |
| Fancy Gap | United Telephone-southeast-va Dba Centurylink-va | Landline | |
| Martinsville | Sprint Spectrum L.p. | Wireless | |
| Max Meadows | United Telephone-southeast-va Dba Centurylink-va | Landline | |
| Bristol | United Telephone-southeast-va Dba Centurylink-va | Landline | |
| Grundy | Verizon South Inc.-va | Landline | |
| Draper | United Telephone-southeast-va Dba Centurylink-va | Landline | |
| Duffield | Scott County Telephone Cooperative, Inc. | Landline | |
| Norton | Comcast Phone of Virginia, Inc. - Va | Landline | |
| Broadford | United Telephone-southeast-va Dba Centurylink-va | Landline | |
| Abingdon | United Telephone-southeast-va Dba Centurylink-va | Landline | |
| Fries | United States Cellular Corp. - Virginia | Wireless | |
| Abingdon | Na Communications, Inc. | Landline | |
| Wytheville | Virginia Pcs Alliance, L.c. | Wireless | |
| Swords Creek | Verizon Virginia, Inc. | Landline | |
| Honaker | Bandwidth.com Clec, Llc - Va | Landline | |
| Ararat | Central Tel. Co. of Virginia Dba Centurylink | Landline | |
| Lebanon | Verizon Virginia, Inc. | Landline | |
| Stuart | Central Tel. Co. of Virginia Dba Centurylink | Landline | |
| Max Meadows | United Telephone-southeast-va Dba Centurylink-va | Landline | |
| Troutdale | United Telephone-southeast-va Dba Centurylink-va | Landline | |
| Patrick Springs | Central Tel. Co. of Virginia Dba Centurylink | Landline | |
| Bristol | United Telephone-southeast-va Dba Centurylink-va | Landline | |
| Saint Charles | Verizon Virginia, Inc. | Landline | |
| North Tazewell | Verizon South Inc.-va | Landline | |
| Appalachia | Bandwidth.com Clec, Llc - Va | Landline | |
| Honaker | Verizon Virginia, Inc. | Landline | |
| Doran | Verizon South Inc.-va | Landline | |
| Galax | United Telephone-southeast-va Dba Centurylink-va | Landline | |
| Richlands | Cellco Partnership Dba Verizon Wireless - Va | Wireless | |
| Clinchco | Verizon Virginia, Inc. | Landline | |
| Richlands | Bvu Authority - Va | Landline | |
| Fries | Comcast Phone of Virginia, Inc. - Va | Landline | |
| Coeburn | Verizon Virginia, Inc. | Landline | |
| Galax | Cellco Partnership Dba Verizon Wireless - Va | Wireless | |
| Sugar Grove | United Telephone-southeast-va Dba Centurylink-va | Landline | |
| Bassett | Central Tel. Co. of Virginia Dba Centurylink | Landline | |
| Mouth of Wilson | United Telephone-southeast-va Dba Centurylink-va | Landline | |
| Axton | Central Tel. Co. of Virginia Dba Centurylink | Landline | |
| Tazewell | Virginia Pcs Alliance, L.c. | Wireless | |
| Grundy | East Kentucky Netwrk, Llc Dba Appalachian Wireless | Wireless | |
| Ben Hur | Verizon Virginia, Inc. | Landline | |
| Mouth of Wilson | United Telephone-southeast-va Dba Centurylink-va | Landline | |
| Axton | Central Tel. Co. of Virginia Dba Centurylink | Landline | |
| Vansant | Verizon South Inc.-va | Landline | |
| Independence | Na Communications, Inc. | Landline | |
| North Tazewell | Verizon South Inc.-va | Landline | |
| Clintwood | Bandwidth.com Clec, Llc - Va | Landline | |
| Vansant | Verizon Virginia, Inc. | Landline | |
| Woodlawn | United Telephone-southeast-va Dba Centurylink-va | Landline | |
| Wytheville | United Telephone-southeast-va Dba Centurylink-va | Landline | |
| Bassett | Comcast Phone of Virginia, Inc. - Va | Landline | |
| Jewell Ridge | Verizon South Inc.-va | Landline | |
| Coeburn | Scott County Telephone Cooperative, Inc. | Landline | |
| Fieldale | Cellco Partnership Dba Verizon Wireless - Va | Wireless | |
| Doran | Verizon South Inc.-va | Landline | |
| Lebanon | Verizon Virginia, Inc. | Landline | |
| Norton | Verizon Virginia, Inc. | Landline | |
| Ridgeway | Comcast Phone of Virginia, Inc. - Va | Landline | |
| Bassett | Central Tel. Co. of Virginia Dba Centurylink | Landline | |
| Mavisdale | Verizon South Inc.-va | Landline | |
| Martinsville | Central Tel. Co. of Virginia Dba Centurylink | Landline | |
| Saint Charles | Bandwidth.com Clec, Llc - Va | Landline | |
| Woodlawn | United States Cellular Corp. - Virginia | Wireless | |
| Hiltons | United Telephone-southeast-va Dba Centurylink-va | Landline | |
| Martinsville | Cellco Partnership Dba Verizon Wireless - Va | Wireless | |
| Cedar Bluff | Verizon South Inc.-va | Landline | |
| Rocky Gap | Verizon South Inc.-va | Landline | |
| Martinsville | Virginia Pcs Alliance, L.c. | Wireless | |
| Martinsville | Sprint Spectrum L.p.- Va | Wireless | |
| Fort Blackmore | Scott County Telephone Cooperative, Inc. | Landline | |
| Pocahontas | Verizon South Inc.-va | Landline | |
| Martinsville | New Cingular Wireless Pcs, Llc - Ga | Wireless | |
| Rural Retreat | Level 3 Communications, Llc - Va | Landline | |
| Meadows of Dan | United Telephone-southeast-va Dba Centurylink-va | Landline | |
| Crockett | United States Cellular Corp. - Virginia | Wireless | |
| Martinsville | Central Tel. Co. of Virginia Dba Centurylink | Landline | |
| Max Meadows | Citizens Telephone Cooperative - Va | Landline | |
| Collinsville | United States Cellular Corp. - Virginia | Wireless | |
| Abingdon | United Telephone-southeast-va Dba Centurylink-va | Landline | |
| Duffield | Verizon Virginia, Inc. | Landline | |
| Wytheville | Cellco Partnership Dba Verizon Wireless - Va | Wireless | |
| Richlands | Cellco Partnership Dba Verizon Wireless - Va | Wireless | |
| Raven | Cellco Partnership Dba Verizon Wireless - Va | Wireless | |
| East Stone Gap | Verizon Virginia, Inc. | Landline | |
| Austinville | United Telephone-southeast-va Dba Centurylink-va | Landline | |
| Gate City | Na Communications, Inc. | Landline | |
| Wytheville | Na Communications, Inc. | Landline | |
| Dungannon | Scott County Telephone Cooperative, Inc. | Landline | |
| Marion | New Cingular Wireless Pcs, Llc - Ga | Wireless | |
| Collinsville | Level 3 Communications, Llc - Va | Landline | |
| Castlewood | Verizon Virginia, Inc. | Landline | |
| Bassett | Central Tel. Co. of Virginia Dba Centurylink | Landline | |
| Wolford | Verizon South Inc.-va | Landline | |
| Gate City | Mountainet Telephone Company-va | Landline | |
| Martinsville | Central Tel. Co. of Virginia Dba Centurylink | Landline | |
| Rural Retreat | Level 3 Communications, Llc - Va | Landline | |
| Norton | New Cingular Wireless Pcs, Llc - Ga | Landline | |
| Lebanon | Verizon Virginia, Inc. | Landline | |
| Wytheville | Sprint Spectrum L.p.- Va | Wireless | |
| Marion | Comcast Phone of Virginia, Inc. - Va | Landline | |
| Norton | New Cingular Wireless Pcs, Llc - Ga | Wireless | |
| Bristol | United Telephone-southeast-va Dba Centurylink-va | Landline | |
| Ivanhoe | United Telephone-southeast-va Dba Centurylink-va | Landline | |
| Norton | Cellco Partnership Dba Verizon Wireless - Va | Wireless | |
| Bristol | Na Communications, Inc. | Landline | |
| Ararat | United Telephone-southeast-va Dba Centurylink-va | Landline | |
| Martinsville | Central Tel. Co. of Virginia Dba Centurylink | Landline | |
| Bassett | Central Tel. Co. of Virginia Dba Centurylink | Landline | |
| Abingdon | Lumos Networks Inc. - Va | Landline | |
| Martinsville | Lumos Networks Inc. - Va | Landline | |
| Sugar Grove | United Telephone-southeast-va Dba Centurylink-va | Landline | |
| Norton | New Cingular Wireless Pcs, Llc - Ga | Wireless | |
| Andover | Verizon Virginia, Inc. | Landline | |
| Martinsville | Central Tel. Co. of Virginia Dba Centurylink | Landline | |
| Lebanon | Landline | ||
| Martinsville | Central Tel. Co. of Virginia Dba Centurylink | Landline | |
| Ivanhoe | United Telephone-southeast-va Dba Centurylink-va | Landline | |
| Coeburn | Cellco Partnership Dba Verizon Wireless - Va | Wireless | |
| Wytheville | Omnipoint Communications Cap Operations, Llc | Wireless | |
| Wytheville | United Telephone-southeast-va Dba Centurylink-va | Landline | |
| Axton | Central Tel. Co. of Virginia Dba Centurylink | Landline | |
| Abingdon | Cellco Partnership Dba Verizon Wireless - Va | Wireless | |
| Dublin | United Telephone-southeast-va Dba Centurylink-va | Landline | |
| Abingdon | United Telephone-southeast-va Dba Centurylink-va | Landline | |
| Bristol | United Telephone-southeast-va Dba Centurylink-va | Landline | |
| Galax | Na Communications, Inc. | Landline | |
| Bristol | United Telephone-southeast-va Dba Centurylink-va | Landline | |
| Bristol | Bvu Authority - Va | Landline | |
| Saltville | United Telephone-southeast-va Dba Centurylink-va | Landline | |
| Ararat | Level 3 Communications, Llc - Va | Landline | |
| Grundy | Verizon South Inc.-va | Landline | |
| Breaks | Verizon South Inc.-va | Landline | |
| Jonesville | Bandwidth.com Clec, Llc - Va | Landline | |
| Norton | New Cingular Wireless Pcs, Llc - Dc | Wireless | |
| Washington | |||
| Richlands | Time Warner Cable Information Svcs (virginia), Va | Landline | |
| Troutdale | United Telephone-southeast-va Dba Centurylink-va | Landline | |
| Austinville | Cellco Partnership Dba Verizon Wireless - Va | Wireless | |
| Norton | New Cingular Wireless Pcs, Llc - Ga | Wireless | |
| Duffield | Scott County Telephone Cooperative, Inc. | Landline | |
| Norton | Landline | ||
| Patrick Springs | United States Cellular Corp. - Virginia | Wireless | |
| Hillsville | Cellco Partnership Dba Verizon Wireless - Va | Wireless | |
| Martinsville | Central Tel. Co. of Virginia Dba Centurylink | Landline | |
| Bastian | United Telephone-southeast-va Dba Centurylink-va | Landline | |
| Axton | Central Tel. Co. of Virginia Dba Centurylink | Landline | |
| Marion | United Telephone-southeast-va Dba Centurylink-va | Landline | |
| Saint Charles | Comcast Phone of Virginia, Inc. - Va | Landline | |
| Abingdon | Suncom Dba T-mobile Usa | Wireless | |
| Marion | United Telephone-southeast-va Dba Centurylink-va | Landline | |
| Marion | United Telephone-southeast-va Dba Centurylink-va | Landline | |
| Vansant | Verizon South Inc.-va | Landline | |
| Ceres | Level 3 Communications, Llc - Va | Landline | |
| Stuart | Central Tel. Co. of Virginia Dba Centurylink | Landline | |
| Norton | Cellco Partnership Dba Verizon Wireless - Va | Wireless | |
| Collinsville | New Cingular Wireless Pcs, Llc - Dc | Wireless | |
| Hillsville | Na Communications, Inc. | Landline | |
| Woolwine | Level 3 Communications, Llc - Va | Wireless | |
| Hiltons | United Telephone-southeast-va Dba Centurylink-va | Landline | |
| Wytheville | United States Cellular Corp. - Virginia | Wireless | |
| Jonesville | Verizon Virginia, Inc. | Landline | |
| Hiltons | Na Communications, Inc. | Landline | |
| Wytheville | Lumos Networks Inc. | Landline | |
| Dante | Verizon Virginia, Inc. | Landline | |
| Galax | United Telephone-southeast-va Dba Centurylink-va | Landline | |
| Abingdon | New Cingular Wireless Pcs, Llc - Ga | Wireless | |
| Stuart | Cellco Partnership Dba Verizon Wireless - Va | Landline | |
| Cana | Time Warner Cable Information Svcs (virginia), Va | Landline | |
| Bristol | United Telephone-southeast-va Dba Centurylink-va | Landline | |
| Bristol | Telcove of Virginia, Llc - Va | Landline | |
| Marion | United Telephone-southeast-va Dba Centurylink-va | Landline | |
| Martinsville | Central Tel. Co. of Virginia Dba Centurylink | Landline | |
| Collinsville | United States Cellular Corp. - Virginia | Wireless | |
| Martinsville | Omnipoint Communications Cap Operations, Llc | Wireless | |
| Clinchco | East Kentucky Netwrk, Llc Dba Appalachian Wireless | Wireless | |
| Saltville | Bvu Authority - Va | Landline | |
| Norton | New Cingular Wireless Pcs, Llc - Ga | Wireless | |
| Hillsville | United States Cellular Corp. - Virginia | Wireless | |
| Wytheville | Mcimetro Access Transmission Services Llc - Va | Landline | |
| Martinsville | Gcr Telecommunications, Inc. - Va | Landline | |
| Wise | Verizon Virginia, Inc. | Landline | |
| Wytheville | Sprint Spectrum L.p. | Wireless | |
| Abingdon | Suncom Dba T-mobile Usa | Wireless | |
| Bluefield | Verizon South Inc.-va | Landline | |
| Wise | Verizon Virginia, Inc. | Landline | |
| Meadowview | United Telephone-southeast-va Dba Centurylink-va | Landline | |
| Castlewood | Verizon Virginia, Inc. | Landline | |
| Norton | New Cingular Wireless Pcs, Llc - Ga | Wireless | |
| Cana | Sprint Communications Company, L.p. - Va | Landline | |
| Maxie | Mikrotec of Virginia, Llc - Va | Landline | |
| Bristol | United Telephone-southeast-va Dba Centurylink-va | Landline | |
| Galax | Mgw Networks, L.l.c. - Va | Landline | |
| Marion | Cellco Partnership Dba Verizon Wireless - Va | Wireless | |
| Wytheville | New Cingular Wireless Pcs, Llc - Dc | Wireless | |
| Bristol | United Telephone-southeast-va Dba Centurylink-va | Landline | |
| Bristol | Sprint Spectrum L.p. | Wireless | |
| Marion | Sprint Spectrum L.p. | Wireless | |
| Lebanon | Bvu Authority - Va | Landline | |
| Abingdon | Cellco Partnership Dba Verizon Wireless - Va | Wireless | |
| Saint Paul | Verizon Virginia, Inc. | Landline | |
| Wytheville | Shentel Communications Company | Landline | |
| Bristol | Mountainet Telephone Company-va | Landline | |
| Independence | Mcimetro Access Transmission Services Llc - Va | Landline | |
| Gate City | Mountainet Telephone Company-va | Landline | |
| Coeburn | Telcove of Virginia, Llc - Va | Landline | |
| Collinsville | Level 3 Communications, Llc - Va | Landline | |
| Chilhowie | United Telephone-southeast-va Dba Centurylink-va | Landline | |
| Martinsville | United States Cellular Corp. - Virginia | Wireless | |
| Gate City | Mountainet Telephone Company-va | Landline | |
| Meadows of Dan | Citizens Telephone Cooperative - Va | Landline | |
| Bristol | United Telephone-southeast-va Dba Centurylink-va | Landline | |
| Independence | United States Cellular Corp. - Virginia | Wireless | |
| Grundy | Cellco Partnership Dba Verizon Wireless - Va | Wireless | |
| Abingdon | Sprint Spectrum L.p. | Wireless | |
| Norton | Cavalier Telephone, Llc | Landline | |
| Bland | Bandwidth.com Clec, Llc - Va | Landline | |
| Mouth of Wilson | Level 3 Communications, Llc - Va | Landline | |
| Duffield | Bvu Authority - Va | Landline | |
| Tazewell | |||
| Marion | Suncom Dba T-mobile Usa | Wireless | |
| Bristol | Bvu Authority - Va | Landline | |
| Abingdon | Cellco Partnership Dba Verizon Wireless - Va | Wireless | |
| Bland | Na Communications, Inc. | Landline | |
| Ewing | Verizon Virginia, Inc. | Landline | |
| Marion | Na Communications, Inc. | Landline | |
| Axton | Comcast Phone of Virginia, Inc. - Va | Landline | |
| Meadowview | United Telephone-southeast-va Dba Centurylink-va | Landline | |
| Vesta | Central Tel. Co. of Virginia Dba Centurylink | Landline | |
| Wise | Verizon Virginia, Inc. | Landline | |
| Woolwine | Level 3 Communications, Llc - Va | Landline | |
| Hillsville | Sprint Spectrum L.p.- Va | Wireless | |
| Bristol | Cellco Partnership Dba Verizon Wireless - Va | Wireless | |
| Cascade | Sprint Spectrum L.p. | Wireless | |
| Chilhowie | Level 3 Communications, Llc - Va | Landline | |
| Norton | Cellco Partnership Dba Verizon Wireless - Va | Wireless | |
| Bristol | United Telephone-southeast-va Dba Centurylink-va | Landline | |
| Richlands | Mci Worldcom Communications, Inc. - Va | Landline | |
| Norton City | Mountainet Telephone Company-va | ||
| Lebanon | New Cingular Wireless Pcs, Llc - Ga | Wireless | |
| Tazewell | Comcast Phone of Virginia, Inc. - Va | Landline | |
| Abingdon | Sprint Spectrum L.p. | Wireless | |
| Burkes Garden | Burke's Garden Telephone Co., Inc. | Landline | |
| Cana | Level 3 Communications, Llc - Va | Landline | |
| Bluefield | Cellco Partnership Dba Verizon Wireless - Va | Wireless | |
| Rocky Gap | Cellco Partnership Dba Verizon Wireless - Va | Wireless | |
| Norton | Cellco Partnership Dba Verizon Wireless - Va | Wireless | |
| Wytheville | Shentel Communications Company | Landline | |
| Norton | Verizon Virginia, Inc. | Landline | |
| Richlands | Shentel Communications Company | Landline |