A beach rental near Rehoboth Beach draws calls from every direction.
Put a 302 number on the listing, take the calls on your own phone and burn the number when the summer is full.
Local 302 numbers
Get a 302 phone number for Delaware.
Ask for 302 when you create a number on ExpressNumber, and the number you hand out reads as Delaware, whichever county the other person is in. It rings the phone in your pocket, and you burn it in one tap.
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This is how you get a 302 number.
- Start your 7 days free and open Create a number.
- Type 302 as the area code and give the number a name.
- Hand it out. Calls ring the phone you already carry, and texts land in your inbox.
- Burn it in one tap when you are done. Calls and texts to it stop at once.
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Your numbers
Beach rental
(302) 555-0132
Forwarding
Job hunt
(302) 555-0169
Forwarding
Boat for sale
(302) 555-0107
Texts only
People ask for 302 when the search covers all of Delaware.
A job hunt from Wilmington to Dover goes through a lot of inboxes.
Give applications a 302 number. When you have accepted an offer, the other recruiters have nowhere to call.
A used car or a boat for sale brings buyers from a whole state.
Post a 302 number with the photos, set it to Texts only and end it when the sale is done.
This is where a 302 number is from.
Area code 302 covers the state of Delaware.
The numbering administrator's map of the state shows one area code over all of it, with no overlay. That means a 302 number reads as local in New Castle County, Kent County and Sussex County alike, from Wilmington, Newark and Middletown to Dover, Milford, Seaford, Georgetown, Lewes and Rehoboth Beach.
Delaware, DE
Area code 302 and the codes around it, oldest first.
1947
302
This code
- Wilmington
- Dover
- Newark
- Middletown
- Smyrna
- Milford
- Seaford
- Georgetown
- Lewes
- Rehoboth Beach
- New Castle
- Millsboro
These are the facts about area code 302.
From the public records of the body that runs US phone numbering, read October 21, 2026.
- Place
- Delaware, Delaware
- In service since
- 1947
- Local calls are dialed with
- Ten digits
- Shares its area with
- No other code
302 is one of the original codes of 1947. No code has been split from it and none has been laid over it, so it is still the only code in its area.
Local calls could be dialed with seven digits until October 24, 2021. That day the Delaware Public Service Commission required ten-digit dialing for every local call, to make room for the 988 lifeline.
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People ask these questions about getting a 302 number.
More in the full FAQ.
Create a number in your dashboard, type 302 as the area code and give it a name, such as Beach rental. It is live in about a minute. You do not need to live in Delaware: calls ring the phone you already carry.
Yes, for taking calls and texts. A landscaper, a bartender picking up summer shifts or a notary can put a 302 number on the flyer and the website, take the calls on their own phone and burn the number when the work ends.
Yes. 302 is the code for the whole state, so it reads as local in Wilmington, Dover, Newark, Lewes and Rehoboth Beach alike.
No. Your numbers are receive-only: they take calls and texts, and they never make them. You answer calls on your own phone, and you cannot reply to a text from the inbox.
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Every fact on this page comes from public numbering records.
The state, the dates and the related codes are rows of the North American Numbering Plan Administrator's area code database. The places are from its planning letters and the state’s own pages. Read October 21, 2026.
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