Editing Area codes 508 and 774 (section)

{{short description|Area codes for south-central and most of southeastern Massachusetts}}
[[File:Ma towns area code 508 774.png|250px|thumb|Highlighted area of the numbering plan area overlay of 508 and 774]]
[[File:MA Area Codes Map.svg|250px|thumb|Map of the Massachusetts area codes since May 2001]]
[[Image:Massachusetts Area Code Map 88-97.png|250px|thumb|Map of area code 508 from its inception in July 1988 until it was split in September 1997]]
[[Image:Massachusetts Area Code Map 47-88.png|250px|thumb|Map of the original two area codes of Massachusetts]]

'''Area codes 508 and 774''' are telephone [[area code]]s in the [[North American Numbering Plan]] (NANP) for the [[U.S. state]] of [[Massachusetts]]. The numbering plan area comprises south-central and most of southeastern Massachusetts ([[Local access and transport area|LATA]] 128). It includes [[Worcester, Massachusetts|Worcester]], Outer south and southwest [[Greater Boston]] (such as the [[MetroWest]] region), as well as [[Fall River, Massachusetts|Fall River]], [[New Bedford, Massachusetts|New Bedford]], [[Cape Cod]], [[Martha's Vineyard]], and [[Nantucket]].