Area code 540

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North American telephone area code 540 serves the northwestern portion of the Commonwealth of Virginia and a portion of Northern Virginia including the communities of Blacksburg, Buchanan, Buena Vista, Cave Spring, Fredericksburg, Franklin County, Greenville, Harrisonburg, King George, Lexington, Madison, Roanoke, Salem, Staunton, Warren, Waynesboro, and Winchester, as well as most of Augusta, Caroline, Culpeper, Stafford, Spotsylvania, Rockbridge, Orange, Louisa, Fauquier, Rappahannock, Rockingham, and Shenandoah counties. It also serves western Loudoun County, most of which is in area code 703.

It was established July 15, 1995 as a split from area code 703. It was then itself split on September 1, 2001 to create area code 276.

See also

• List of Virginia area codes
• List of NANP area codes
• North American Numbering Plan

External links

• NANPA Area Code Map of Virginia
• List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 540 Area Code

Virginia area codes: 276, 434, 540, 571, 703, 757, 804
	North: 304/681
West: 276, 304/681	540	East: 571/703, 240/301
	South: 434, 804
Maryland area codes: 240/301, 410/443/667
West Virginia area codes: 304/681