Area code 434

Lynchburg is the most populous city in the numbering plan area.

Area code 434 serves the cities of Charlottesville, Lynchburg, Danville, South Boston, and Emporia.

[1][2] In December 2000, the Virginia State Corporation Commission announced that area code 804 would be split because central office prefixes had been anticipated to be depleted by April 2002.

[3] Area code 434 was officially effective as of June 1, 2001, on which date long-distance telephone calls could be made using either area code 804 or 434.

[1] After January 15, 2002, telephone calls made to numbers within the region required dialing the correct area code.