Georgia / Columbia County

#29 of 159 GA counties · 50 structures

Cell towers in Columbia County, GA

The FCC registry lists 50 constructed antenna structures in Columbia County, 1% of Georgia's 5,726. Ownership is spread across 25 registrants; the largest, American Tower, has 11 (22%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 27 between them.

Value a buyout offer

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  1. 1Constructed structures 50
  2. 2Tallest 503 ft
  3. 3Largest owner American Tower
  4. 4Median height (state 256 ft) 265 ft
Structures
50
rank 29 of 159 in GA
Most common type
Tower
44% of structures
Over 200 feet
36
72% of structures
Peak build decade
2000s
40% built then

Who owns the towers in Columbia County

25 different registrants own the 50 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 Tower11SBA Communications9Crown Castle7Columbia County Board of Com6Verizon4T-Mobile2Alltel1Perry Broadcasting of August1
Constructed structures in Columbia County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 265 feet, close to the Georgia median of 256 feet. The tallest is a guyed tower near Grovetown at 503 feet, built in 1993. More than in any other decade, 40% were built in the 2000s.

Tower22Lattice tower10Monopole9Guyed tower7Mast1Pole1
Structures in Columbia County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
151990s202000s132010s22020s
Structures in Columbia 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
1235014Guyed tower503 ft1993GrovetownSBA Towers IX, LLC
1061703Tower500 ft1994Columbia CountyVB-S1 Assets, LLC
1022439Guyed tower447 ft2001MartinezGTC Uno, LLC
1013643Tower412 ft2000EvansAlltel Corporation
1020022Lattice tower411 ft2006ApplingVerizon Wireless of the East LP
1034663Mast400 ft2005GrovetownVerizon Wireless of the East LP
1299042Guyed tower373 ft2016AugustaGEORGIA POWER COMPANY
1212115Tower350 ft2000GrovetownWINTERSRUN COMMUNICATIONS, INC
1047667Guyed tower347 ft1998GrovetownAmerican Towers LLC
1276819Tower325 ft2012ApplingColumbia County Board of Commissioners
1276870Tower325 ft2011EvansColumbia County Board of Commissioners
1277199Tower325 ft2011HarlemColumbia County Board of Commissioners
1277200Tower325 ft2011GrovetownColumbia County Board of Commissioners
1277201Lattice tower325 ft2011ApplingColumbia County Board of Commissioners
1281217Pole325 ft2010ApplingColumbia County Board of Commissioners
1281545Tower325 ft2012EvansColumbia County Georgia
1046363Tower313 ft2009ApplingCrown Castle South LLC
1013641Guyed tower309 ft2007Keg CreekAmerican Towers LLC
1063568Tower295 ft1999MartinezPinnacle Towers LLC
1019565Tower292 ft1990ApplingPerry Broadcasting of Augusta, Inc.
1013349Tower275 ft1995GrovetownAmerican Towers LLC
1060445Tower275 ft1999GrovetownSBA Towers, LLC
1060444Guyed tower273 ft1999HarlemSBA Towers, LLC
1225418Lattice tower268 ft2001HarlemAmerican Towers LLC
1031510Tower265 ft1998GrovetownPinnacle Towers LLC
1024069Lattice tower265 ft2006HarlemVerizon Wireless of the East LP
1219165Lattice tower265 ft2000EvansAmerican Towers LLC
1225452Tower265 ft2001ApplingT-Mobile USA Tower LLC
1200668Lattice tower264 ft1999ApplingSBA Towers, LLC
1217049Tower262 ft2005ApplingCrown Castle South LLC
1020020Guyed tower260 ft1993AugustaVerizon Wireless of the East LP
1035840Tower260 ft1998EvansCrown Castle South LLC
1208668Tower260 ft2000GrovetownAmerican Towers LLC
1208990Lattice tower258 ft2009EvansAmerican Towers LLC
1217085Lattice tower254 ft2000ApplingGlobal Tower, LLC. through American Towers, LLC
1243982Lattice tower254 ft2004EvansSBA Towers VII, LLC
1255549Monopole199 ft2006EvansSBA Towers V, LLC
1044641Tower192 ft1997EvansPinnacle Towers LLC
1285791Lattice tower182 ft1997AugustaCrown Castle South LLC
1255921Tower180 ft2006EvansT-Mobile USA Tower LLC
1059989Monopole170 ft1998MartinezSBA Sites, LLC
1290467Monopole165 ft2014AugustaAmerican Towers LLC
1276325Tower160 ft2010MartinezAmerican Towers LLC
1331578Monopole155 ft2025EvansSkyway Towers, LLC
1239928Monopole154 ft2003MartinezSBA Structures, LLC
1299552Monopole154 ft2016HarlemAmerican Towers LLC
1300048Monopole150 ft2016EvansVertical Bridge S3 Assets, LLC
1303393Monopole150 ft2017HarlemTowerCom V, LLC
1254084Tower144 ft2006EvansSBA Infrastructures, LLC
1323678Monopole120 ft2023MartinezCitySwitch II, LLC

If you have a tower lease in Columbia 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: Burke County (54), Laurens County (54), Liberty County (52), Fayette County (49), Paulding County (49).

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.