Cell towers in Windham County, CT

The FCC registry lists 37 constructed antenna structures in Windham County, 8% of Connecticut's 482. SBA Communications owns 22 of them (59%), 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 28 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 37
2Tallest 322 ft
3Largest owner SBA Communications
4Median height (state 170 ft) 181 ft

Structures

rank 5 of 8 in CT

Most common type

Monopole

49% of structures

Over 200 feet

27% of structures

Peak build decade

2000s

51% built then

Who owns the towers in Windham County

16 different registrants own the 37 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.

Constructed structures in Windham County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 181 feet, 11 feet taller than the Connecticut median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a guyed tower near Killingly at 322 feet, built in 2008. Most 51% were built in the 2000s.

Structures in Windham County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.

Structures in Windham 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.	Type	Height	Built	City	Owner
1056419	Guyed tower	322 ft	2008	Killingly	American Towers LLC
1297968	Lattice tower	300 ft	2016	Killingly	Quinebaug Valley Emergency Communications, Inc.
1043732	Tower	298 ft	1979	Willimantic	SBA Properties, LLC
1045859	Tower	298 ft	2005	Woodstock	American Towers LLC
1045863	Tower	280 ft	2004	Dayville	American Towers LLC
1054728	Guyed tower	255 ft	2000	Thompson	SBA Towers IX, LLC
1205146	Lattice tower	249 ft	1999	Scotland	SBA Towers, LLC
1294249	Lattice tower	243 ft	2016	Ashford	Cellco Partnership
1060082	Guyed tower	208 ft	1988	Sterling	SBA Structures, LLC
1042859	Tower	204 ft	1953	Putnam	OSBREY BROADCASTING COMPANY, d/b/a WINY AM
1059566	Monopole	199 ft	1998	Plainfield	SBA Properties, LLC
1202920	Lattice tower	199 ft	1999	Putnam	SBA Properties, LLC
1227403	Monopole	198 ft	2005	Woodstock	SBA Towers, LLC
1043733	Lattice tower	196 ft	1975	Windham	SBA Properties, LLC
1221373	Monopole	187 ft	2000	Windham	SBA Properties, LLC
1238351	Pole	183 ft	2003	Willimantic	EASTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY
1060766	Monopole	181 ft	1998	Putnam	SBA Towers, LLC
1219915	Monopole	181 ft	2000	Chaplin	SBA Towers, LLC
1231795	Monopole	181 ft	1999	Brooklyn	SBA Towers, LLC
1201278	Monopole	180 ft	1999	Promfret	SBA Towers, LLC
1248714	Monopole	178 ft	2004	Ashford	SBA Towers II LLC
1232484	Monopole	170 ft	2000	Pomfret	SBA Properties, LLC
1216676	Guyed tower	165 ft	2004	Hampton	American Towers LLC
1055848	Monopole	164 ft	1999	Danielson	SBA Properties, LLC
1270241	Monopole	163 ft	2004	Plainfield	SBA 2012 TC Assets, LLC
1296468	Lattice tower	157 ft	1994	Danielson	Connecticut, State of
1261046	Monopole	155 ft	2008	North Grosvenor Dale	SBA Towers II LLC
1271329	Monopole	154 ft	2003	Eastford	SBA 2012 TC Assets, LLC
1240431	Monopole	152 ft	2003	Chaplin	Cellco Partnership
1248716	Monopole	150 ft	2004	Brooklyn	SBA Towers II LLC
1261045	Monopole	147 ft	2008	Sterling	SBA Towers II LLC
1261048	Tower	140 ft	2009	North Grosvenordale	SBA Towers X, LLC
1273379	Other or unspecified	140 ft	2010	Woodstock	Cellco Partnership
1278179	Monopole	119 ft	2012	Woodstock	American Towers LLC
1299950	On a building	100 ft	2018	Killingly	Eversource Energy Service Company
1252207	Monopole	88 ft	2015	North Windham	CCATT LLC
1259369	Tower	30 ft	2007	Daneilson	DANEILSON AIRPORT

If you have a tower lease in Windham 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 Connecticut with similar tower counts: New Haven County (109), New London County (67), Fairfield County (62), Middlesex County (33), Litchfield County (30).

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.