Area codes 757 and 948

The North American telephone area codes 757 and 948 are NANPA telephone area codes covering the southeast corner of Virginia. Area code 757 was established July 1, 1996, as a split from area code 804. Area code 948 was established on February 5, 2020, as an overlay area code for 757.

The area colored red indicates the southeast corner of Virginia served by area code 757

The region within its service area includes the following:

• The vast majority of the Hampton Roads metropolitan area, encompassing:
  • The Virginia Peninsula, including Newport News, Hampton, and Williamsburg, and Poquoson
  • South Hampton Roads, including Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Franklin, and Suffolk.
• The Eastern Shore of Virginia, the Virginia portion of the Delmarva Peninsula.

Before the implementation of number pooling, 757 was projected to run out of numbers as early as 2002. A plan was developed that would have created a concentrated overlay in the Hampton Roads metro area leaving all of the Eastern Shore in 757. This would have made ten-digit dialing mandatory in southeastern Virginia. However, this plan was never implemented and the area code is not projected to reach full capacity until the middle of 2021.[1][2]

In April 2019, it was announced that a plan for an overlay area code was proposed, with the current pool of numbers for the 757 code projected at the time to run out in late 2021.[3] On February 5, 2020 it was announced that the overlay area code will be 948.[4] This will make ten-digit dialing mandatory in 757/948. In March 2022, Verizon announced that the overlay would be implemented starting on the April 9, 2022, making ten-digit dialing mandatory.[5]

"757" is commonly used as a general geographic descriptor for the Hampton Roads and Virginia Peninsula region. The Hampton Roads Chamber and the Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce have recommended its use in tourism branding.[6]