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title: "Area code 839: South Carolina, United States"
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summary: "Area code 839 serves South Carolina, United States. Number formats, numbering rules, a live phone validator and the other codes in South Carolina."
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# Area code 839: South Carolina, United States

Area code 839 serves South Carolina, United States. Number formats, numbering rules, a live phone validator and the other codes in South Carolina.

NANPA lists 179 central office codes (prefixes) in use in area code 839, held by 26 holders across 52 rate centers.
New Cingular Wireless PCS holds the most prefixes, 56 (31%). 100% of the prefixes are pooled, which means their thousands-blocks can belong to different companies.
The FCC unwanted-call data has 147 complaints on file for 141 numbers in 839, most often filed as "Unwanted Calls". These are consumer reports, not findings.

## Facts

- In service since: 2020-05-26
- Time zone: Eastern (E)
- Assigned overlays: 803 (1947-01-01)
- Prefixes in use: 179
- Pooled prefixes: 179 (100%)
- Rate centers: 52
- Companies holding prefixes: 26
- Assignment dates on file: 2020-03-27 to 2026-06-05 (177 prefixes)
- ZIP codes in its places: 97

## Rate centers

| Rate center | Prefixes | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| COLUMBIA | 26 | 15% |
| NEWBERRY | 20 | 11% |
| BARNWELL | 16 | 9% |
| CHESTER | 13 | 7% |
| ORANGEBURG | 13 | 7% |
| AIKEN | 10 | 6% |
| ROCK HILL | 6 | 3% |
| CAMDEN | 5 | 3% |
| 44 other rate centers | 70 | 39% |

## Carriers

| Holder | Prefixes | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| New Cingular Wireless PCS | 56 | 31% |
| Onvoy | 29 | 16% |
| Ton80 Communications | 23 | 13% |
| Fractel | 18 | 10% |
| Onvoy Spectrum | 8 | 4% |
| Verizon Wireless | 8 | 4% |
| 20 other carriers | 37 | 21% |

A prefix holder is the company a code was assigned to, not necessarily a number's current carrier, because numbers can be ported to another company.

## History

- 1947-01-01: Area code 803, named as the parent of 839 in the NANPA report, was in service.
- 2020-05-26: Area code 839 went into service.

## Nearest area codes

The area codes closest to 839, measured between the centers of the ZIP code places they serve, are 843 (about 72 miles), 854 (about 74 miles), 864 (about 85 miles), 704 (about 91 miles) and 821 (about 91 miles).

## ZIP codes

97 ZIP codes fall in places that have a rate center in this area code. The places with the most are Columbia, SC (34 ZIP codes), Aiken, SC (6 ZIP codes) and Rock Hill, SC (5 ZIP codes). A ZIP code and an area code are unrelated systems, so a ZIP code can sit in more than one area code and an area code spans many ZIP codes.

## Complaints on file

147 complaints for 141 numbers. Numbers whose latest complaint falls in each year:

- 2023: 19
- 2024: 20
- 2025: 35

## Questions

### Where is area code 839?

NANPA assigns area code 839 to South Carolina, United States.

### In which state does area code 839 sit?

South Carolina. 839 is one of 6 area codes the NANPA table assigns to the state.

### Which places does area code 839 cover?

The places with the most ZIP codes among the rate centers in 839 are Columbia, SC, Aiken, SC and Rock Hill, SC. The rate center list on this page shows all of them.

### Who owns area code 839?

NANPA assigns area codes. Within 839, New Cingular Wireless PCS holds the most prefixes, 56 prefixes or 31%.

### Which time zone does 839 use?

The NANPA NPA report lists the time zone for 839 as Eastern (E).

### What year did 839 enter service?

The NANPA NPA report gives an in-service date of 2020-05-26, so 839 has been in use since 2020.

### Does area code 839 have an overlay?

Yes. 803 (in service 1947-01-01) shares the same area with 839, so numbers from all of them are local to each other.

### Which area codes are nearest to 839?

The area codes closest to 839, measured between the centers of the ZIP code places they serve, are 843 (about 72 miles), 854 (about 74 miles), 864 (about 85 miles), 704 (about 91 miles) and 821 (about 91 miles).

### How many prefixes does area code 839 have?

NANPA's report dated 2026-10-17 lists 179 prefixes in service in 839, spread over 52 rate centers and 26 holders.

### Are there complaints about 839 numbers?

The FCC data on file has 147 complaints for 141 numbers in 839. They are unverified consumer reports. A number with no complaints on file is not proven safe.

Sources: NANPA central office code report dated 2026-10-17; NANPA NPA report dated 2026-10-18; FCC unwanted-call complaints, data fetched 2026-10-17; ZIP code places from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).