Area codes 508 and 774

Area code 508/774

All Massachusetts area codes
Location
Location of area code 508/774
Statistics
Created	1988
LATA Code	128
Overlays	Area code 774
Major Cities	Plymouth Taunton Worcester Brockton Franklin Barnstable Fall River Dartmouth New Bedford Framingham Bridgewater Attleboro
Regions	Southeast MA South central MA Cape Cod Martha's Vineyard Nantucket
Time zone	Eastern (UTC-5)
Summer (DST)	Eastern (UTC-4)

Area codes 508 and 774 are North American Numbering Plan (NANP) telephone area codes for the U.S. state of Massachusetts. Presently, this service area includes southcentral and most of southeastern Massachusetts, including Cape Cod and the Islands.

Map showing the 508 area code from its inception in July 1988 until it was split in September 1997

Area code 508 was created on July 16, 1988, as a split from area code 617. Prior to this split, the entirety of eastern and central Massachusetts was assigned to the 617 area code – and callers only needed to dial seven digits to reach anyone else in that same area. Beginning on January 1, 1989, use of the 508 area code became mandatory for calls outside the 508 area code, local calls allowed seven-digit dialing within the same area code at the time.^{[citation needed]}

On September 1, 1997, area code 508 was split again, with area code 978 taking over the northern "half" of that service area. Area code 774 is an overlay area code that was added to share the 508 service area, beginning on May 2, 2001 and continuing to the present day.

See also

• List of area codes in Massachusetts
• List of NANP area codes
• North American Numbering Plan

External links

• NANPA Area Code Map of Massachusetts
• List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 508 Area Code
• List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 774 Area Code

Massachusetts area codes: 339, 351, 413, 508, 617, 774, 781, 857, 978
	North: 978/351
West: 413	area code 508/774	East: 781/339, Atlantic Ocean
	South: 860, 401
Connecticut area codes: 203, 475, 860
Rhode Island area codes: 401