Area codes 843 and 854

Area codes 843 and 854 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for a portion of the U.S. state of South Carolina that comprises roughly the eastern third and the southern tip.

The numbering plan area (NPA) includes the Grand Strand, the Lowcountry, the Pee Dee, and the Sandhills.

Major cities in the region are Myrtle Beach, Charleston, Beaufort, Hilton Head Island and Florence.

On December 9, 2013, it was decided that the 843 territory would receive the state's first all-service overlay.

[2] On December 16, 2013, the new area code of 854, approved by the South Carolina Public Service Commission, was announced.