Arkansas / Franklin County

#43 of 75 AR counties · 27 structures

Cell towers in Franklin County, AR

The FCC registry lists 27 constructed antenna structures in Franklin County, 1% of Arkansas's 3,071. American Tower owns 8 of them (30%), so a landowner here with a tower lease is more likely than not dealing with one company. The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 12 between them.

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  1. 1Constructed structures 27
  2. 2Tallest 500 ft
  3. 3Largest owner American Tower
  4. 4Median height (state 260 ft) 261 ft
Structures
27
rank 43 of 75 in AR
Most common type
Tower
44% of structures
Over 200 feet
20
74% of structures
Peak build decade
2000s
44% built then

Who owns the towers in Franklin County

17 different registrants own the 27 structures. Owner names are the registrant's legal entity as filed with the FCC; the large tower companies file under many subsidiary names, which this site groups into families where the brand is in the name or listed in the company's SEC filings.

American Tower8SBC TOWER HOLDINGS LLC3Alltel3Crown Castle2SBA Communications2ARKANSAS, STATE OF1Union Pacific Railroad1Cebridge Acquisition, L.P.1
Constructed structures in Franklin County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 261 feet, close to the Arkansas median of 260 feet. The tallest is a guyed tower near Charleston at 500 feet, built in 2019. More than in any other decade, 44% were built in the 2000s.

Tower12Lattice tower8Guyed tower5Other or unspecified1Pole1
Structures in Franklin County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
11970s11980s51990s122000s32010s52020s
Structures in Franklin County by decade built, columns to scale. Source: FCC ASR.

Every registered structure

Sorted tallest first. The registration number opens the FCC record, which shows the exact location and the owner's contact for the structure. A tower on your land that is not in this list is probably under 200 feet and away from airports, so it did not need registering — see why some towers aren't listed.

FCC reg.TypeHeightBuiltCityOwner
1224497Guyed tower500 ft2019CharlestonPearson Broadcasting of Paris, Inc.
1037648Guyed tower417 ft2007Coal HillSBC TOWER HOLDINGS LLC
1040604Tower381 ft2001CassARKANSAS, STATE OF
1205000Tower331 ft1999CharlestonSBC TOWER HOLDINGS LLC
1027797Guyed tower318 ft1997MulberryAmerican Towers LLC
1205603Lattice tower312 ft1999AltusAmerican Towers LLC
1290382Lattice tower310 ft2014CecilOpenLink Partners LLC
1244011Guyed tower306 ft2004OzarkSBA Towers II, LLC
1243208Tower305 ft2009CassPinnacle Towers Acquisition LLC
1048365Guyed tower298 ft1998OzarkAmerican Towers LLC
1038824Other or unspecified277 ft1979CecilAmerican Towers LLC
1319829Lattice tower265 ft2023OzarkALLTEL Corporation
1203870Lattice tower261 ft2000OzarkAmerican Towers LLC
1325008Lattice tower261 ft2024AltusTillman Infrastructure, LLC
1294631Lattice tower260 ft2015OzarkAmerican Towers LLC
1319738Lattice tower260 ft2023BranchALLTEL Corporation
1321438Lattice tower260 ft2023OzarkALLTEL Corporation
1270151Tower259 ft2009CecilAirTouch Cellular
1222114Tower257 ft2001OzarkSBA Structures, Inc.
1226354Tower257 ft2000MulberryAmerican Towers LLC
1317392Pole199 ft2021AltusSmith Communications, LLC
1038577Tower196 ft2000MulberryGlobal Tower, LLC. through American Towers, LLC
1058789Tower177 ft1999OzarkPinnacle Towers LLC
1046517Tower167 ft1986OzarkUNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
1253273Tower164 ft2007OzarkOZARK COMMUNICATIONS INC.
1211333Tower153 ft2000OzarkCebridge Acquisition, L.P.
1010331Tower135 ft2000OzarkSBC TOWER HOLDINGS LLC

If you have a tower lease in Franklin County

Find your structure above, open its FCC record and confirm the owner — that is the company your lease runs to today, even if a different carrier signed it originally. Before answering a buyout offer, put your current rent, escalator and remaining term into the calculator to see what the rent is worth and what return the offer assumes.

Counties in Arkansas with similar tower counts: Johnson County (28), Phillips County (28), Cross County (27), Logan County (27), Madison County (27).

Source: FCC Antenna Structure Registration, weekly public access file (r_tower.zip, created 2026-10-18); constructed registrations only; locations rounded. Checked 2026-10-23. Methodology.