This map shows the overlay of the 854 area code in the entire 843 zone, where dialing 10 digits for each phone number, including the area code, takes effect Sept. 19. Courtesy of Horry Telephone ...

This map shows the overlay of the 854 area code in the entire 843 zone, where dialing 10 digits for each phone number, including the area code, takes effect Sept. 19. Courtesy of Horry Telephone ...

Charleston has technically had two area codes for more than a year, but in practice, we're all still dialing 843. The booming growth of South Carolina's coast, as it happens, hasn't been quite what ...

Lowcountry and Pee Dee residents with the 843 area code will have to dial at least 10 digits to make a phone call starting on Sept. 19, 2015. That's the date that's now been set for mandatory 10-digit ...

The 843 area code boundary in South Carolina, in which new phone numbers assigned after Oct. 19 might be assigned the 854 area code as well. Visit http://bit.ly ...

CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) - Calling a number in the 843 area code now requires dialing 10 digits to complete the call. The change comes as one of the final steps in a process to add a second area code to ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Beaufort and Jasper counties have outgrown their area code. Those counties and a handful of others up the coastline will be adding an 854 area code to the existing 843. It's a process ...

Changes are coming to the way Lowcountry residents make phone calls. Instead of dialing seven digits for local numbers, residents will soon be required to dial 10. That shouldn't be too much trouble ...

FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina is getting a new area code next month but customers will see some changes beginning next week. Local media outlets report the new area code - 854 - will overlap ...