Illinois / Mercer County
#56 of 102 IL counties · 30 structures
Cell towers in Mercer County, IL
The FCC registry lists 30 constructed antenna structures in Mercer County, 1% of Illinois's 5,168. American Tower owns 10 of them (33%), 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 13 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 30
- 2Tallest 1400 ft
- 3Largest owner American Tower
- 4Median height (state 207 ft) 259 ft
Who owns the towers in Mercer County
12 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.
Height and age
The median structure here stands 259 feet, 52 feet taller than the Illinois median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a guyed tower near Seaton at 1400 feet, built in 2008. More than in any other decade, 40% were built in the 2010s.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1222627 | Guyed tower | 1400 ft | 2008 | Seaton | American Towers LLC |
| 1008749 | Guyed tower | 423 ft | 1997 | Aledo | Cellco Partnership |
| 1240123 | Guyed tower | 419 ft | 2003 | Aledo | SBA Towers II LLC |
| 1009505 | Guyed tower | 358 ft | 1997 | Hamlet | KN Telecommunications Inc. |
| 1044526 | Guyed tower | 345 ft | 1998 | Joy | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1209886 | Guyed tower | 336 ft | 2000 | New Boston | American Towers LLC |
| 1008883 | Guyed tower | 330 ft | 1995 | Aledo | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1307984 | Guyed tower | 315 ft | 2019 | Sherrard | Vertical Bridge Development, LLC |
| 1268978 | Guyed tower | 309 ft | 2010 | Aledo | American Towers LLC |
| 1007056 | Guyed tower | 297 ft | 1979 | Aledo | WESTERN ILLINOIS BROADCASTING INC DBA as |
| 1008638 | Tower | 294 ft | 1958 | New Boston | American Towers LLC |
| 1236972 | Lattice tower | 265 ft | 2003 | Viola | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1246216 | Lattice tower | 260 ft | 2004 | Alexis | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1291918 | Lattice tower | 260 ft | 2014 | Joy | SBA Towers IX, LLC |
| 1263702 | Lattice tower | 259 ft | 2008 | Viola | Cellco Partnership |
| 1331117 | Lattice tower | 259 ft | 2026 | Alexis | The Towers, LLC |
| 1263999 | Lattice tower | 258 ft | 2008 | Sherrard | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1267778 | Tower | 256 ft | 2009 | Henderson | Cellco Partnership |
| 1312589 | Lattice tower | 255 ft | 2019 | Hamlet | Vertical Bridge Development, LLC |
| 1284877 | Lattice tower | 254 ft | 2012 | Aledo | SBA Towers IX, LLC |
| 1308410 | Lattice tower | 244 ft | 2019 | Viola | Harmoni Towers, LLC |
| 1200487 | Tower | 240 ft | 1999 | Aledo | ANR Pipeline Company |
| 1266726 | Lattice tower | 232 ft | 2009 | Aledo | Cellco Partnership |
| 1270121 | Guyed tower | 218 ft | 2010 | Keithsburg | American Towers LLC |
| 1270737 | Guyed tower | 199 ft | 2010 | New Windsor | American Towers LLC |
| 1271081 | Guyed tower | 196 ft | 2010 | Alexis | American Towers LLC |
| 1269685 | Lattice tower | 195 ft | 2010 | New Boston | American Towers LLC |
| 1270736 | Lattice tower | 195 ft | 2010 | Joy | American Towers LLC |
| 1265386 | Tower | 194 ft | 2009 | Aledo | AMEREN ILLINOIS COMPANY |
| 1271751 | Monopole | 160 ft | 2010 | Aledo | American Towers LLC |
If you have a tower lease in Mercer 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: Woodford County (31), Clark County (30), Ford County (30), Wayne County (30), Bond County (29).
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.