1 : the flashing of light produced by a discharge of atmospheric electricity; also : the discharge itself. 2 : a sudden stroke of fortune candidates â¦ hoping for real lightning to strike â Time.
(919 and 984) North Carolina is currently using nine area codes. North Carolina utilizes three area code overlay plans, often called an overlay complex. North Carolina originally had one area code, 704, when the numbering system was established in 1947. By 1954 North Carolina experienced sufficient growth in population and telephone use to need an additional area code. To meet this increase in demand area code 704 was split in 1954 to form area code 919.
North Carolina Zip Code Listings 2016. At 53,819 square miles, North Carolina is the 28th largest state in America. Administratively North Carolina is divided into 552 cities and towns and 100 counties. The state population in 2013 was 9,848,060 making it the 10th most populous state in America.