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 ...

A new area code for Upstate South Carolina has been in the works for more than a year and is expected to be in use by sometime next year. New phone customers will be given an 821 area code rather than ...

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 ...

The Lowcountry and Pee Dee areas will get a new area code, although it’s not yet known what it will be. A plan for a new overlay area code for the 843 region was approved Wednesday by the state’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...