Illinois / Pike County

#30 of 102 IL counties · 51 structures

Cell towers in Pike County, IL

The FCC registry lists 51 constructed antenna structures in Pike County, 1% of Illinois's 5,168. Ownership is spread across 23 registrants; the largest, Array Digital Infrastructure, has 12 (24%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 8 between them.

Value a buyout offer

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  1. 1Constructed structures 51
  2. 2Tallest 458 ft
  3. 3Largest owner Array Digital Infrastructure
  4. 4Median height (state 207 ft) 256 ft
Structures
51
rank 30 of 102 in IL
Most common type
Tower
33% of structures
Over 200 feet
34
67% of structures
Peak build decade
2000s
31% built then

Who owns the towers in Pike County

23 different registrants own the 51 structures. 2 are registered to individuals or family trusts, whose names 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.

Array Digital Infrastructure12TowerNorth9American Tower5PI Tower Development LLC3AMEREN ILLINOIS COMPANY2BNSF Railway2Private owners2Crown Castle2
Constructed structures in Pike County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 256 feet, 49 feet taller than the Illinois median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a tower near Griggsville at 458 feet, built in 1992. More than in any other decade, 31% were built in the 2000s.

Tower17Lattice tower12Guyed tower11Monopole9Other or unspecified2
Structures in Pike County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
11980s101990s162000s92010s152020s
Structures in Pike 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
1056342Tower458 ft1992GriggsvilleUNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT SPRINGFIELD DBA = WIPA
1052181Tower350 ft1991New CantonILLINOIS RURAL ELECTRIC CO
1252900Guyed tower349 ft2006RockportAmerican Towers LLC
1056556Guyed tower345 ft1998BarryARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1248114Guyed tower345 ft2005BarryAmerican Towers LLC
1248121Tower345 ft2005GriggsvilleGlobal Tower, LLC. through American Towers, LLC
1248303Guyed tower345 ft2005BaylisAmerican Towers LLC
1327777Guyed tower345 ft2025New SalemSBC TOWER HOLDINGS LLC
1007691Tower340 ft2001Pleasant HillPanhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company, LP
1276423Tower336 ft2010BarryCommonGround Capital, LLC
1277646Tower322 ft2011BarryCCTM2 LLC
1033544Guyed tower315 ft1997Valley CityARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1056949Guyed tower315 ft1998MeredosiaARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1321109Guyed tower310 ft2022PearlParallel Infrastructure III LLC
1291691Lattice tower308 ft2014PearlARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1291697Lattice tower308 ft2014PearlARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1326957Lattice tower300 ft2024New CantonPrivate owner (name withheld)
1061196Guyed tower280 ft2004Pleasant HillBNSF Railway Co.
1316645Lattice tower260 ft2021PerryPI Tower Development LLC
1317420Monopole260 ft2021MiltonTowerNorth Development, LLC
1318312Lattice tower260 ft2021BarryTowerNorth Development, LLC
1316910Lattice tower259 ft2021GriggscillePI Tower Development LLC
1262712Lattice tower258 ft2008Pleasant HillARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1291695Lattice tower258 ft2014NeboARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1008885Other or unspecified256 ft1993New SalemARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1014013Tower256 ft1995MiltonSBA Steel LLC
1236298Other or unspecified254 ft2003VersaillesWest Central Illinois Educational Telecommunications Corporation
1224995Lattice tower245 ft2001PittsfieldARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1061197Guyed tower240 ft2004KinderhookBNSF Railway Co.
1257021Lattice tower227 ft2007ChambersburgARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1005612Tower220 ft2004PittsfieldAmerican Towers LLC
1008042Tower220 ft1995PittsfieldILLINOIS, STATE OF DBA = ILLINOIS STATE POLICE
1257020Lattice tower208 ft2007HullARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1025689Tower205 ft1991BaylisNorfolk Southern Corporation
1278514Tower199 ft2011PittsfieldCCTM2 LLC
1316929Monopole199 ft2021PearlTowerNorth Development, LLC
1318833Monopole199 ft2021NeboTowerNorth Development, LLC
1319708Monopole199 ft2021HullPI Tower Development LLC
1009437Tower195 ft1985FishhookAMEREN ILLINOIS COMPANY
1318308Monopole195 ft2021Pleasant HillTowerNorth Development, LLC
1064273Tower190 ft1997PittsfieldPrivate owner (name withheld)
1317296Monopole190 ft2021El DaraTowerNorth Development, LLC
1318493Monopole190 ft2021PittsfieldTowerNorth Development, LLC
1317421Monopole189 ft2021MiltonTowerNorth Development, LLC
1318302Lattice tower185 ft2021Summer HillTowerNorth Development, LLC
1244932Tower175 ft2004PittsfieldCASS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
1009480Guyed tower174 ft2019PittsfieldAMEREN ILLINOIS COMPANY
1323000Monopole125 ft2019PittsfieldARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1240675Tower120 ft2004PittsfieldIllinois, State of
1245771Tower120 ft2005PittsfieldIllinois Rural Electric Cooperative
1280732Tower100 ft2012PittsfieldPike, County of

If you have a tower lease in Pike 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: Knox County (54), Ogle County (54), Livingston County (53), Lee County (50), Montgomery County (50).

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.