Arkansas / Howard County

#48 of 75 AR counties · 24 structures

Cell towers in Howard County, AR

The FCC registry lists 24 constructed antenna structures in Howard County, 1% of Arkansas's 3,071. Ownership is spread across 16 registrants; the largest, Alltel, has 6 (25%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 5 between them.

Value a buyout offer

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  1. 1Constructed structures 24
  2. 2Tallest 361 ft
  3. 3Largest owner Alltel
  4. 4Median height (state 260 ft) 302 ft
Structures
24
rank 48 of 75 in AR
Most common type
Tower
38% of structures
Over 200 feet
21
88% of structures
Peak build decade
2010s
33% built then

Who owns the towers in Howard County

16 different registrants own the 24 structures. One is registered to an individual or family trust, whose name this site withholds. 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.

Alltel6SBA Communications4Uniti Towers2Harmoni Towers2LINDSEY AUTOMOTIVE AND COMMU1FRIENDSHIP CABLE OF ARKANSAS1Union Pacific Railroad1Private owners1
Constructed structures in Howard County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 302 feet, 42 feet taller than the Arkansas median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a guyed tower near Dierks at 361 feet, built in 2022. More than in any other decade, 33% were built in the 2010s.

Tower9Guyed tower7Lattice tower6Mast1Monopole1
Structures in Howard County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
21970s11980s21990s72000s82010s42020s
Structures in Howard 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
1321389Guyed tower361 ft2022DierksHarmoni Towers LLC
1029910Tower350 ft1999NashvilleAlltel Corporation
1040630Tower350 ft1971NashvilleFRIENDSHIP CABLE OF ARKANSAS, INC d/b/a Suddenlink Communications
1252320Tower335 ft2006DierksSBA Towers II LLC
1303903Guyed tower320 ft2017New HopeSmith Communications, LLC
1281866Tower310 ft2012DierksAlltel Corporation
1319912Lattice tower310 ft2023DierksALLTEL Corporation
1320123Lattice tower310 ft2023NashvilleALLTEL Corporation
1247743Guyed tower309 ft2006NashvilleSBA Towers II, LLC
1296407Lattice tower308 ft2016NashvilleAlltel Corporation
1244534Tower305 ft2004New HopeSBA Towers II, LLC
1244591Guyed tower305 ft2004NashvilleSBA Towers II, LLC
1061867Tower298 ft1988Snow LakeUNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
1233597Mast270 ft1999NashvilleCCATT LLC
1040626Tower266 ft1978NashvilleLINDSEY AUTOMOTIVE AND COMMUNICATIONS INC
1304075Lattice tower260 ft2018NashvilleALLTEL Corporation
1310862Lattice tower260 ft2019UmpireVB-S1 Assets, LLC
1306773Guyed tower255 ft2019NashvilleUniti Towers LLC
1306808Guyed tower255 ft2019NashvilleUniti Towers LLC
1311102Lattice tower254 ft2019Mineral SpringsK2 Towers III, LLC
1204348Tower224 ft2002NashvillePrivate owner (name withheld)
1211582Tower180 ft2000NashvilleLindsey Automotive & Communications, Inc.
1329765Monopole167 ft2025NashvilleHarmoni Towers LLC
1291459Guyed tower150 ft2005GillhamUS ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS

If you have a tower lease in Howard 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: Madison County (27), Van Buren County (27), Chicot County (25), Prairie County (24), Bradley County (23).

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.