Area codes 518 and 838

<p>Area codes 518 and 838 are telephone <a href="/facts/Area_code/jaryReDv">area codes</a> in the <a href="/facts/North_American_Numbering_Plan/0QQ8v3ph">North American Numbering Plan</a> for eastern <a href="/facts/Upstate_New_York/rjNaWzld">Upstate New York</a> in the <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a>. 518 is one of the 86 <a href="/facts/Original_North_American_area_codes/EWUcPcBz">original North American area codes</a> created in 1947. Area code 838 was added to the 518 numbering plan area in 2017. The two area codes serve 24 <a href="/facts/List_of_counties_in_New_York/s9vzP8f4">counties</a> and 1,200 <a href="/facts/ZIP_Code/PHtdY0d4">ZIP Code</a> areas in a <a href="/facts/Numbering_plan_area/0QQ8v3ph">numbering plan area</a> (NPA) that extends from the eastern <a href="/facts/Mohawk_Valley/gD7fyvwD">Mohawk Valley</a> to the Vermont border, and from the <a href="/facts/Canada%25E2%2580%2593United_States_border/Q7TTKItn">Canada–US border</a> to south of <a href="/facts/Albany%2c_New_York/A4p7Ugnt">Albany</a>. The bulk of the population is in the <a href="/facts/Capital_District%2c_New_York/Pf99u0pT">Capital District</a>, the vicinity of the cities Albany, <a href="/facts/Schenectady/QKnQGCSh">Schenectady</a>, and <a href="/facts/Troy%2c_New_York/n0UNNjWY">Troy</a>. Other cities in the NPA are <a href="/facts/Glens_Falls/pu90xlMp">Glens Falls</a>, <a href="/facts/Plattsburgh%2c_New_York/wtfXhB7M">Plattsburgh</a>, and <a href="/facts/Saratoga_Springs/cuQSzAtn">Saratoga Springs</a>. It includes the <a href="/facts/Hudson_Valley/RTEkfwek">Upper Hudson Valley</a> counties, <a href="/facts/Greene_County%2c_New_York/2Iclhsrs">Greene</a> and <a href="/facts/Columbia_County%2c_New_York/V6owyxsh">Columbia</a> counties, and some northern parts of <a href="/facts/Dutchess_County/AjKI4fWW">Dutchess County</a>.
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Area codes 518 and 838