Pick 304 for Charleston, Huntington or Wheeling.
304 opened in 1947 and was the only code in the state until 2009.
West Virginia has two area codes: 304 and 681.
Area codes in West Virginia
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304 and 681 cover all of West Virginia, from Charleston and Huntington to Parkersburg, Morgantown and Wheeling.
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West Virginia has two area codes.
In the order they opened.
- 304Since 1947West Virginia
322 FCC complaints
Get a 304 number - 681Since 2009West Virginia
66 FCC complaints
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681
The newest area code in West Virginia is 681.
681 entered service in 2009, laid over 304, so West Virginia has two codes on the same ground.
Pick 304 for the original West Virginia code, or 681 for the newer one.
Pick 681 for Parkersburg or Morgantown.
681 was laid over 304 on March 28, 2009, so it covers the whole state too.
People filed 388 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from West Virginia area codes in 12 months.
From October 2025 to September 2026, 388 unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC gave a caller ID number that started with one of the West Virginia codes. 304 was named most, on 322 of them (83%).
- 388unwanted-call complaints named a West Virginia code
- 304was named on the most of them, 322
- 83%of the West Virginia complaints named 304
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 West Virginia area codes.
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Yes. Morgantown is on 304 and 681, the same as Charleston, Huntington, Parkersburg and Wheeling.
No. Both cover the whole state.
West Virginia has two area codes in service, by the numbering administrator's report of October 23, 2026: 304 and 681. They are listed in the order they opened, from 1947 to 2009.
The newest area code in West Virginia is 681, in service since 2009. 681 entered service in 2009, laid over 304, so West Virginia has two codes on the same ground.
A local call in West Virginia is dialed with ten digits, whichever of its two codes the number starts with. The area code is part of every number you give out.
From October 2025 to September 2026, people filed 388 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from numbers that start with a West Virginia code. The codes named were 304 (322) and 681 (66). 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 West Virginia. Calls ring the phone you already have, and texts land in your ExpressNumber inbox.
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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The codes, the places and the years are rows of the North American Numbering Plan Administrator's area code database (its report of October 23, 2026), and the complaints are the FCC's own.
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