Pick 336 if the number should read as Winston-Salem.
The commission names Winston-Salem second, after Greensboro, in its list for 336.
The area codes for Winston-Salem are 336 and 743.
Area codes in Winston-Salem
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Winston-Salem uses 336 and 743, the two codes of the Piedmont. 336 began on December 15, 1997, and 743 was laid over it in 2016.
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Pick 336 for Winston-Salem, or 743 for the same Piedmont area.
Pick 743 if you want the code added for Winston-Salem in 2016.
The commission approved the overlay on August 13, 2014, in docket P-100, Sub 137C.
Pick 980 if the number is for Charlotte.
Charlotte has its own page here, with 704 and 980.
People filed 119 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from Winston-Salem area codes in 12 months.
From October 2025 to September 2026, 119 unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC gave a caller ID number that started with 336 and 743. 336 was named most, on 79 of them (66%).
- 119unwanted-call complaints named a Winston-Salem code
- 336was named on the most of them, 79
- 66%of the Winston-Salem complaints named 336
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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Yes. Mount Airy and North Wilkesboro use 336 and 743 as well.
The Greensboro region took 336, and Fayetteville kept 910.
A local call in Winston-Salem 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 119 FCC complaints about unwanted calls from numbers that start with a Winston-Salem code: 336 (79) and 743 (40). 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 Winston-Salem. Calls ring the phone you already have, and texts land in your ExpressNumber inbox.
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