Main city: Waynesville
Timezone: Eastern
Phone type: Cell Number
Operator: New Cingular Wireless PCS - GA

Waynesville, a town in and the county seat of Haywood County, North Carolina, United States. It is the largest town in Haywood County and the largest in Western North Carolina west of Asheville. Waynesville is located about 30 miles (48 km) southwest of Asheville between the Great Smoky and Blue Ridge mountains. ^source

In the North American Numbering Plan, 828 is the telephone area code for most of the western third of the U.S. state of North Carolina. It includes all of the Blue Ridge Mountains, as well as most of the Foothills. The largest city in the 828 territory is Asheville. The city of Hickory is often grouped with the Charlotte metropolitan area, but uses 828 rather than Charlotte's 704 and 980. ^source