Area code 252

Area code 252 designates a telephone number plan area (NPA) in the North American Numbering Plan that consists of the northeastern corner of the State of North Carolina, and includes the municipalities of Kinston, Elizabeth City, Greenville, Henderson, Kitty Hawk, New Bern, Roanoke Rapids, Rocky Mount, Morehead City and Wilson. It was split from area code 919 on March 22, 1998.