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Area code 839
Area code 839 is centred on Columbia, South Carolina. We hold 1,850 allocated blocks for it across 52 rate centres, split 65% mobile, 2% landline and 33% VoIP.
The other area codes laid over 839
Area code 839 does not have Columbia to itself. 1 other code — 803 — serves the same rate centres, laid over the same ground rather than dividing it. That is an overlay: a new code added when the old one ran out of numbers, covering the same streets. Two neighbours can hold different area codes, so the code says roughly when a number was issued rather than where it sits.
8035,957 blocks, 82 rate centres, mostly mobile
Each holds its own blocks and its own carrier mix, so a 839 number and a 803 number from the same street can report different line types. Filtering Columbia by area code needs all 2 of them.
839 is not confined to Columbia itself: its blocks sit across 52 rate centres, named in the table below.
South Carolina is split across 6 area codes — 864, 803, 843, 839, 854, 821. By allocated blocks 839 is the 4th largest of them, holding 9% of the South Carolina total.
Where 839 numbers are concentrated
NANPA truncates rate-centre names to ten characters and drops the spaces, which is why Chpnltlmtn is 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 839 |
|---|---|---|
| Columbia | 283 | 15% |
| Newberry | 241 | 13% |
| Orangeburg | 175 | 9% |
| Barnwell | 172 | 9% |
| Chester | 163 | 9% |
| Aiken | 102 | 6% |
| Rock Hill | 73 | 4% |
| Camden | 52 | 3% |
| Winnsboro | 51 | 3% |
| Fort Mill | 32 | 2% |
| Batesburg | 28 | 2% |
| Bath | 28 | 2% |
| No Augusta | 28 | 2% |
| Sumter | 28 | 2% |
| Lexington | 22 | 1% |
| York | 22 | 1% |
| Clover | 21 | 1% |
| Edgefield | 19 | 1% |
| Bamberg | 18 | 1% |
| Denmark | 17 | 1% |
| Johnston | 17 | 1% |
| Lancaster | 17 | 1% |
| Estill | 16 | 1% |
| Chpnltlmtn | 15 | 1% |
28 further rate centres in 839 hold fewer blocks than these.
Carriers holding the most 839 blocks
AT&T Wireless817 blocks
Onvoy383 blocks
Verizon Wireless99 blocks
Suncom Dba T-Mobile Usa78 blocks
Powertel Atlanta Licenses, Inc.58 blocks
Onvoy Spectrum49 blocks
AT&T Wireless alone holds 44% of every block in 839, which is unusually concentrated for an area code.
These are original allocations. A number keeps its digits and its block when its subscriber moves network, so a ported 839 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 839 number, or run a whole list through the free cleaner — neither uploads anything.
Common questions
Where is area code 839?
Area code 839 covers Columbia, South Carolina. It is not the only code there: 803 is an overlay on the same rate centres, so a Columbia, South Carolina number can start with any of them.
Is a 839 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 839 the split runs 65% mobile, 2% landline and 33% VoIP, so mobile is the most likely single answer.
Which carriers hold 839 numbers?
The largest holders are AT&T Wireless, Onvoy, Verizon Wireless. That is the carrier the block was allocated to, which is not necessarily the network a given number sits on today.
How many 839 numbers are there?
The code holds 1,850 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 839 covers on the order of 1,850,000 possible numbers — most of which have never been issued to anyone.