area code 252

{{short description|Area code in northeastern North Carolina, United States}}

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Area code 252 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of North Carolina. The numbering plan area comprises the municipalities of Kinston, Elizabeth City, Greenville, Henderson, Kitty Hawk, New Bern, Roanoke Rapids, Rocky Mount, Morehead City, Warrenton and Wilson. The area code was created on March 22, 1998, in a split of area code 919.{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldatlas.com/na/us/nc/area-code-252.html|title=Where Is Area Code 252 / Map Of Area Code 252 / Greenville, NC Area Code|website=www.worldatlas.com|language=en|access-date=2017-07-12}}