Georgia / Appling County

#56 of 159 GA counties · 32 structures

Cell towers in Appling County, GA

The FCC registry lists 32 constructed antenna structures in Appling County, 1% of Georgia's 5,726. Ownership is spread across 19 registrants; the largest, American Tower, has 5 (16%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 10 between them.

Value a buyout offer

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  1. 1Constructed structures 32
  2. 2Tallest 1054 ft
  3. 3Largest owner American Tower
  4. 4Median height (state 256 ft) 292 ft
Structures
32
rank 56 of 159 in GA
Most common type
Lattice tower
47% of structures
Over 200 feet
30
94% of structures
Peak build decade
2020s
34% built then

Who owns the towers in Appling County

19 different registrants own the 32 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.

American Tower5Tillman Infrastructure4Tarpon Towers4Crown Castle3GEORGIA POWER COMPANY2SBA Communications2NexTower Development Group I2SOUTH GEORGIA BROADCASTERS, 1
Constructed structures in Appling County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 292 feet, 36 feet taller than the Georgia median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a lattice tower near Baxley at 1054 feet, built in 1988. More than in any other decade, 34% were built in the 2020s.

Lattice tower15Tower8Guyed tower7Monopole2
Structures in Appling County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
31980s31990s72000s82010s112020s
Structures in Appling 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
1017251Lattice tower1054 ft1988BaxleySOUTH GEORGIA BROADCASTERS, INC.
1019722Guyed tower500 ft1992BaxleySubcarrier Communications Inc
1057695Tower486 ft1995BaxleyPinnacle Towers LLC
1286024Guyed tower425 ft2013BaxleyAmerican Towers LLC
1020329Tower420 ft1986BaxleyPinnacle Towers LLC
1017252Tower407 ft1983BaxleyPrivate owner (name withheld)
1208145Guyed tower348 ft2000SurrencyAmerican Towers LLC
1013466Lattice tower320 ft2006BaxleyAmerican Towers LLC
1220124Tower320 ft2001BaxleySOUTHEASTERN GIN INC
1305068Lattice tower314 ft2019BaxleyTillman Infrastructure, LLC
1290027Lattice tower310 ft2014BristolAmerican Towers LLC
1263798Guyed tower306 ft2008OdumSBA Towers III LLC
1289744Guyed tower304 ft2014BaxleyAmerican Towers LLC
1305477Guyed tower300 ft2018SurrencyPinnacle Towers Acquisition LLC
1310427Lattice tower295 ft2020BaxleyTarpon Towers II, LLC
1326128Lattice tower294 ft2024BaxleyTillman Infrastructure, LLC
1022959Lattice tower290 ft2017BaxleyGEORGIA POWER COMPANY
1314303Lattice tower289 ft2020BaxleyTillman Infrastructure, LLC
1252055Guyed tower270 ft2006HazlehurstSBA Infrastructures, LLC
1329657Lattice tower266 ft2025HazelhurstTillman Infrastructure, LLC
1316550Lattice tower265 ft2022BaxleyTarpon Towers II, LLC
1316551Lattice tower265 ft2020BaxleyTarpon Towers II, LLC
1329059Lattice tower265 ft2025BaxleyNexTower Development Group II, LLC
1330458Lattice tower265 ft2025SurrencyThe Towers, LLC
1331548Lattice tower265 ft2026BaxleyNexTower Development Group II, LLC
1257694Tower260 ft2007BaxleyAlltel Corporation
1311462Lattice tower260 ft2019BaxleyVB BTS III, LLC
1021288Tower245 ft2003BaxleyGEORGIA POWER COMPANY
1019116Tower235 ft1995BaxleyOctagon Towers, LLC
1306717Monopole215 ft2020BaxleyCitySwitch II, LLC
1311161Monopole199 ft2020BaxleyTarpon Towers II, LLC
1282745Tower100 ft2012BaxleyGeorgia Forestry Commission

If you have a tower lease in Appling 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 Georgia with similar tower counts: Tift County (35), Toombs County (35), Newton County (34), Crisp County (32), Grady County (32).

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.