About Area Code 336
- Region Code
- 336
- City
- Greensboro
- State
- North Carolina
- Population
- 2,332,930
- Largest City
- Greensboro
- Neighboring Codes
- Time Zone
- Eastern Time
North Carolina
(336) Area Code 336 — Greensboro, North Carolina
336 Area Code – Greensboro, North Carolina: Location, Time Zone & History
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History & Cultural Notes
Furniture built the reputation of the region served by area code 336. High Point, one of the cities sharing the code with Greensboro and Winston-Salem, is known as the "Furniture Capital," home to the High Point Market, the largest home furnishings trade show in the world. The code itself dates to December 15, 1997, when it split off from area code 910 to cover north-central and northwestern North Carolina; by 2016 growth had pushed the region toward exhaustion, prompting the 743 overlay, which became mandatory for local calls that April.
Beyond furniture, the region's economy rests on several long-established sectors:
- Banking and financial services, anchored by Truist, formerly BB&T, in Winston-Salem
- Textile manufacturing heritage across the Piedmont Triad
- Tobacco processing, historically centered on the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
- Biotech and health sciences research at Wake Forest's Innovation Quarter
The 336/743 numbering plan area serves about 2.33 million people across cities including Burlington and Asheboro in addition to the Triad's three main hubs. Greensboro also holds a distinct place in civil rights history: the February 1, 1960 sit-in at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter, staged by four students from North Carolina A&T, became a catalyst for the wider movement.