Cell towers in Franklin County, GA

The FCC registry lists 30 constructed antenna structures in Franklin County, 1% of Georgia's 5,726. Ownership is spread across 19 registrants; the largest, Crown Castle, has 7 (23%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 16 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 30
2Tallest 479 ft
3Largest owner Crown Castle
4Median height (state 256 ft) 268 ft

Structures

rank 64 of 159 in GA

Most common type

Tower

33% of structures

Over 200 feet

90% of structures

Peak build decade

1990s

37% built then

Who owns the towers in Franklin County

19 different registrants own the 30 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 Franklin County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 268 feet, 12 feet taller than the Georgia median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a guyed tower near Carnesville at 479 feet, built in 1998. More than in any other decade, 37% were built in the 1990s.

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

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.	Type	Height	Built	City	Owner
1040150	Guyed tower	479 ft	1998	Carnesville	Pinnacle Towers LLC
1240977	Tower	425 ft	2003	Lavonia	Franklin County Board of Commissioners
1020226	Mast	337 ft	1993	Carnesville	Crown Castle South LLC
1331782	Guyed tower	326 ft	2026	Royston	Datapath Wireless Group, LLC
1055704	Tower	320 ft	1999	Lavonia	Pinnacle Towers LLC
1331323	Guyed tower	316 ft	2026	Commerce	Datapath Wireless Group, LLC
1331360	Guyed tower	316 ft	2026	Carnesville	Datapath Wireless Group, LLC
1248405	Tower	310 ft	2005	Carnesville	American Towers LLC
1249294	Guyed tower	306 ft	2005	Carnesville	American Towers LLC
1021625	Guyed tower	305 ft	1996	Lavonia	American Towers LLC
1208596	Tower	300 ft	2003	Carnesville	Franklin, County of
1019808	Mast	298 ft	1993	Commerce	CCATT LLC
1233189	Lattice tower	281 ft	2002	Lavonia	SBA Properties, LLC
1248395	Tower	270 ft	2005	Martin	SBA Infrastructures, LLC
1316649	Lattice tower	270 ft	2022	Carnesville	Vertical Bridge Development, LLC
1314789	Lattice tower	265 ft	2020	Carnesville	VB BTS III, LLC
1019805	Tower	264 ft	2009	Ashland	Crown Atlantic Company, LLC
1021322	Tower	263 ft	1991	Lavonia	Crown Atlantic Company, LLC
1021626	Guyed tower	262 ft	1995	Lavonia	American Towers LLC
1049422	Tower	261 ft	2009	Commerce	Pinnacle Towers LLC
1064869	Lattice tower	259 ft	1999	Carnesville	American Towers LLC
1204909	Tower	259 ft	1999	Carnesville	American Towers LLC
1203719	Lattice tower	257 ft	1999	Carnesville	American Towers LLC
1288373	Lattice tower	254 ft	2013	Carnesville	Tristar Investors LLC
1048024	Other or unspecified	237 ft	1989	Royston	Southern Broadcasting of Athens, Inc.
1018669	Tower	228 ft	1984	Red Hill	Miller Communications
1267467	Monopole	215 ft	2009	Royston	Cellco Partnership
1325834	Monopole	199 ft	2022	Royston	Tarpon Towers III, LLC
1286923	Lattice tower	198 ft	1991	Royston	Drake Gas Co
1319333	Lattice tower	159 ft	2021	Lavonia	Tillman Infrastructure, 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 Georgia with similar tower counts: Mitchell County (31), Rockdale County (31), Dodge County (30), Harris County (30), Jones 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.