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Area code 276
Area code 276 is centred on Norton, Virginia. We hold 3,251 allocated blocks for it across 78 rate centres, split 40% mobile, 37% landline and 23% VoIP.
The towns inside area code 276
Area code 276 is not a city code. It covers 78 separate rate centres — billing areas, each its own local calling zone. The largest of them are named in the table below.
That matters twice over. A call between two 276 numbers is not necessarily a local call, because they can sit in different rate centres. And a code this wide narrows a subscriber to a region rather than a town.
Virginia is split across 10 area codes — 540, 804, 571, 757, 703, 276 and others. By allocated blocks 276 is the 7th largest of them, holding 8% of the Virginia total.
Where 276 numbers are concentrated
NANPA truncates rate-centre names to ten characters and drops the spaces, which is why Martinsvl and Collinsvl are shortened. Names are reproduced as recorded rather than expanded — the abbreviation is the key the block data is filed under.
| Rate centre | Blocks | Share of 276 |
|---|---|---|
| Norton | 261 | 8% |
| Abingdon | 227 | 7% |
| Martinsvl | 157 | 5% |
| Wytheville | 149 | 5% |
| Bristol | 143 | 4% |
| Galax | 109 | 3% |
| Richlands | 100 | 3% |
| Marion | 92 | 3% |
| Lebanon | 83 | 3% |
| Hillsville | 76 | 2% |
| Bluefield | 64 | 2% |
| Bigstonegp | 61 | 2% |
| Coeburn | 60 | 2% |
| Gate City | 58 | 2% |
| Peningtngp | 55 | 2% |
| Collinsvl | 51 | 2% |
| Stuart | 51 | 2% |
| Tazewell | 51 | 2% |
| Grundy | 50 | 2% |
| Indepndnce | 46 | 1% |
| Haysi | 43 | 1% |
| Wise | 41 | 1% |
| Pound | 39 | 1% |
| Clintwood | 38 | 1% |
54 further rate centres in 276 hold fewer blocks than these.
Carriers holding the most 276 blocks
Onvoy606 blocks
Verizon Wireless346 blocks
AT&T Wireless282 blocks
United Telephone-Southeast-Va Dba Centurylink206 blocks
Bandwidth201 blocks
Onvoy Spectrum117 blocks
The largest holder, Onvoy, has 19% of the code.
These are original allocations. A number keeps its digits and its block when its subscriber moves network, so a ported 276 number still reports the carrier it started with. Closing that gap needs a live query against the routing database. How line type is derived.
Check a single 276 number, or run a whole list through the free cleaner — neither uploads anything.
Common questions
Where is area code 276?
Area code 276 is centred on Norton, Virginia and spans 78 rate centres, so it covers a region rather than a town.
Is a 276 number a mobile or a landline?
It can be either, and the digits do not say which. North American mobile and landline numbers share the same ranges, so the answer comes from the carrier holding the block. In 276 the split runs 40% mobile, 37% landline and 23% VoIP, so mobile is the most likely single answer.
Which carriers hold 276 numbers?
The largest holders are Onvoy, Verizon Wireless, AT&T Wireless. That is the carrier the block was allocated to, which is not necessarily the network a given number sits on today.
How many 276 numbers are there?
The code holds 3,251 allocated blocks in our copy of the numbering plan. A block is 1,000 or 10,000 consecutive numbers depending on how deeply it has been pooled, so 276 covers on the order of 3,251,000 possible numbers — most of which have never been issued to anyone.