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Get an 843 phone number for Charleston, Myrtle Beach and the coast.

Ask for 843 when you create a number on ExpressNumber, and the number you hand out reads as Charleston, Myrtle Beach and the towns around them. It rings the phone you already carry, and you burn it in one tap.

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This is how you get an 843 number.

  1. Start your 7 days free and open Create a number.
  2. Type 843 as the area code and give the number a name.
  3. Hand it out. Calls ring the phone you already carry, and texts land in your inbox.
  4. Burn it in one tap when you are done. Calls and texts to it stop at once.
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People ask for 843 when the search is in Charleston, Myrtle Beach or Hilton Head.

A beach rental or an apartment in Charleston or Myrtle Beach draws calls from many strangers.

List it with an 843 number, take the calls on your own phone and burn the number once the lease is signed.

A used boat or a truck for sale near Beaufort brings texts from buyers all week.

Post an 843 number with the photos, set it to Texts only and keep your own number off the ad.

A moving job or a roofing quote in Mount Pleasant ends in follow-up calls.

Give each company its own 843 number. Block the ones you did not choose.

This is where an 843 number is from.

Area code 843 generally covers the coastal counties of South Carolina and principally serves Charleston, Hilton Head Island, Myrtle Beach and Florence, as the numbering administrator puts it. The 854 code is laid over the same area.

The administrator's community list also includes Beaufort, Mount Pleasant, Summerville, Georgetown, Bluffton, Conway, North Myrtle Beach and Hartsville. Columbia uses 803, and Greenville uses 864.

  • Charleston
  • Myrtle Beach
  • Florence
  • Hilton Head Island
  • Beaufort
  • Mount Pleasant
  • Summerville
  • Georgetown
  • Bluffton
  • Conway
  • North Myrtle Beach
  • Hartsville

These are the facts about area code 843.

From the public records of the body that runs US phone numbering, read October 21, 2026.

Place
Charleston, Myrtle Beach and the South Carolina coast, South Carolina
In service since
1998
Local calls are dialed with
Ten digits
Shares its area with
854 (2015)
Split from
803 (1947)

843 was split from 803 and entered service on March 22, 1998. The coast and Florence took the new code, and Columbia kept 803.

The Public Service Commission of South Carolina approved an overlay on December 13, 2013. Dialing all ten digits for local calls became mandatory on September 19, 2015, and 854 was laid over 843, entering service on October 19, 2015.

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People ask these questions about getting an 843 number.

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Create a number in your dashboard, type 843 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 South Carolina: calls ring the phone you already carry.

Yes, for taking calls and texts. A roofer, a tutor or a mover in Charleston can put an 843 number on the flyer and the website, take the calls on their own phone and burn the number when the job is done.

Yes. The 843 area takes in Charleston, Myrtle Beach, Florence, Hilton Head Island, Beaufort and Summerville. 854 numbers cover the same area.

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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