Pick 757 if the number should read as Newport News.
The administrator names Williamsburg, Newport News and Hampton on the Lower Peninsula.
The area codes for Newport News are 757 and 948.
Area codes in Newport News
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Newport News is on the Lower Peninsula, in 757 and 948. Hampton and Williamsburg are its neighbors, and all three share the same two codes.
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Pick 757 for Newport News, or 948 if you want the code laid over it.
Pick 948 if you want the newer code.
948 entered service in 2022, over the area that already had 757.
Pick 540 if your customers are in the Virginia hills.
Most of the state outside the Washington suburbs took 540 on July 15, 1995.
People filed 191 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from Newport News area codes in 12 months.
From October 2025 to September 2026, 191 unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC gave a caller ID number that started with 757 and 948. 757 was named most, on 169 of them (88%).
- 191unwanted-call complaints named a Newport News code
- 757was named on the most of them, 169
- 88%of the Newport News complaints named 757
Source: Federal Communications Commission, CGB - Consumer Complaints Data (dataset 3xyp-aqkj), issue "Unwanted Calls", read on November 4, 2026. Caller ID can be faked, so a code shows what appeared on the phone, not where the caller was.
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People ask these questions about Newport News area codes.
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Yes. Hampton, Poquoson and Newport News use 757 and 948.
Not any more. Richmond kept 804 when 757 was split from it in 1996.
A local call in Newport News is dialed with ten digits, whichever of its codes the number starts with. The area code is part of every number you give out.
From October 2025 to September 2026, people filed 191 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from numbers that start with a Newport News code: 757 (169) and 948 (22). A complaint is one person's report. Caller ID can be faked, so a code shows what appeared on the phone, not where the caller was.
Yes. You type the area code you want when you create a number, and you do not need to live in Newport News. Calls ring the phone you already have, and texts land in your ExpressNumber inbox.
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