Area codes 757 and 948

They serve the Hampton Roads metropolitan area and the Eastern Shore of the state.

A plan was developed that would have created a concentrated overlay in the Hampton Roads metro area leaving all of the Eastern Shore in 757.

A split could have meant Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, and Norfolk, for example, retaining 757 and the rest of the area changing to 948, or vice versa.

[1] In March 2022, Verizon set an activation date of April 9, 2022, with area code 948 officially taking effect on May 9.

[3] "757" is commonly used as a general geographic descriptor for the Hampton Roads and Virginia Peninsula region.

The area colored red indicates the southeast corner of Virginia served by area code 757 Area codes 304 and 681 Area code 540 Area code 202 Area codes 571 and 703 Area code 276 Area code 434 Area codes 410 and 443 Area code 804 Area code 252
The area colored red indicates the southeast corner of Virginia served by area code 757