Illinois / Henderson County

#87 of 102 IL counties · 15 structures

Cell towers in Henderson County, IL

The FCC registry lists 15 constructed antenna structures in Henderson County, 0% of Illinois's 5,168. Ownership is spread across 10 registrants; the largest, Array Digital Infrastructure, has 3 (20%). 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 15
  2. 2Tallest 345 ft
  3. 3Largest owner Array Digital Infrastructure
  4. 4Median height (state 207 ft) 267 ft
Structures
15
rank 87 of 102 in IL
Most common type
Lattice tower
73% of structures
Over 200 feet
12
80% of structures
Peak build decade
2010s
33% built then

Who owns the towers in Henderson County

10 different registrants own the 15 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.

Array Digital Infrastructure3SBA Communications3TowerNorth3American Tower2CTI Towers Assets II, LLC2AMEREN ILLINOIS COMPANY1Vertical Bridge1
Constructed structures in Henderson County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 267 feet, 60 feet taller than the Illinois median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a lattice tower near Gladstone at 345 feet, built in 1998. More than in any other decade, 33% were built in the 2010s.

Lattice tower11Tower2Guyed tower2
Structures in Henderson County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
41990s32000s52010s32020s
Structures in Henderson 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
1044525Lattice tower345 ft1998GladstoneARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1050287Tower320 ft1994RaritanAMEREN ILLINOIS COMPANY
1226785Tower320 ft2001StronghurstSpectraSite Communications, LLC. through American Towers, LLC.
1056210Lattice tower315 ft1998StronghurstARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1307861Guyed tower315 ft2018StronghurstVertical Bridge Development, LLC
1254239Lattice tower310 ft2006Little YorkARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1256686Guyed tower310 ft2007GladstoneAmerican Towers LLC
1295301Lattice tower267 ft2016GladstoneSBA Towers X, LLC
1331890Lattice tower259 ft2026LomaxTowerNorth Development, LLC
1286852Lattice tower257 ft2013BiggsvilleSBA Towers IV, LLC
1285145Lattice tower256 ft2012Little YorkSBA Towers IX, LLC
1332481Lattice tower255 ft2026OquawkaTowerNorth Development, LLC
1332399Lattice tower199 ft2026StronghurstTowerNorth Development, LLC
1313396Lattice tower84 ft1998OquawkaCTI Towers Assets II, LLC
1313311Lattice tower80 ft2018Dallas CityCTI Towers Assets II, LLC

If you have a tower lease in Henderson 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 Illinois with similar tower counts: Saline County (18), Cass County (17), Schuyler County (16), Marshall County (15), Brown County (14).

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.