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 ...

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 ...

HORRY COUNTY, SC (WMBF) - Starting next month there will be a new area code in town that will require customers to dial 10-digits whenever they make a local phone call - whether it's through a cell ...

Eastern South Carolina will be getting a new area code, but it's not clear what the number will be. The Post and Courier of Charleston reports the Public Service Commission on Wednesday approved plans ...

South Carolina's fourth area code will be 854, but no one is expected to get one of the new phone numbers until some time in 2015. The 854 number will be South Carolina's first "overlay" area code, so ...

With some minor changes, plans are moving ahead for the South Carolina Lowcountry to get a second area code in 2015, in the region with 843 area code numbers. The coastal area, which includes three of ...

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 ...

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 ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) -- South Carolina's coastline will have a new area code this weekend: 854.Officials at the South Carolina Office of Regulatory Staff want people to to get comfortable with the ...

CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) - By the end of 2015, calling someone in the Lowcountry, even your next door neighbor, will involve dialing 10 digits instead of seven. That's because a new area code, 854, will ...

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 ...