Illinois / Randolph County
#52 of 102 IL counties · 31 structures
Cell towers in Randolph County, IL
The FCC registry lists 31 constructed antenna structures in Randolph County, 1% of Illinois's 5,168. Ownership is spread across 21 registrants; the largest, Verizon, has 6 (19%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 6 between them.
Who owns the towers in Randolph County
21 different registrants own the 31 structures. One is registered to an individual or family trust, whose name 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.
Height and age
The median structure here stands 254 feet, 47 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 Red Bud at 449 feet, built in 2001. More than in any other decade, 48% were built in the 2000s.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1220138 | Tower | 449 ft | 2001 | Red Bud | CSN International, Inc. |
| 1012228 | Tower | 410 ft | 1994 | Chester | SITCO COMMUNICATIONS LLC |
| 1220454 | Guyed tower | 346 ft | 1994 | Chester | New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC |
| 1009627 | Guyed tower | 313 ft | 1994 | Sparta | AT&T Mobility Spectrum LLC |
| 1257529 | Tower | 310 ft | 2007 | Red Bud | VB-S1 Assets, LLC |
| 1209848 | Tower | 302 ft | 2000 | Chester | ROY WALKER COMMUNICATIONS, INC. |
| 1266078 | Tower | 290 ft | 2009 | Evansville | SBA Monarch Towers III, LLC |
| 1058819 | Tower | 288 ft | 2008 | Chester | Cellco Partnership |
| 1027054 | Guyed tower | 285 ft | 1995 | Walsh | American Towers LLC |
| 1218427 | Lattice tower | 282 ft | 2002 | Red Bud | AT&T Mobility Spectrum LLC |
| 1325594 | Lattice tower | 265 ft | 2024 | Steeleville | VB BTS, ll, LLC |
| 1210614 | Tower | 260 ft | 2000 | Steeleville | Cellco Partnership |
| 1247289 | Tower | 260 ft | 2005 | Coulterville | Cellco Partnership |
| 1239343 | Lattice tower | 256 ft | 2003 | Baldwin | American Towers LLC |
| 1239348 | Lattice tower | 255 ft | 2003 | Evansville | American Towers LLC |
| 1018559 | Lattice tower | 254 ft | 2014 | Sparta | City of Sparta |
| 1053528 | Tower | 248 ft | 1998 | Sparta | Cellco Partnership |
| 1248039 | Tower | 240 ft | 2006 | Campbell Hill | Southern Illinois Power Cooperative |
| 1269357 | Lattice tower | 224 ft | 2009 | Tilden | AT&T Mobility Spectrum LLC |
| 1240063 | Other or unspecified | 212 ft | 2002 | Sparta | Southern Illinois Radio Group, Inc. |
| 1273231 | Tower | 210 ft | 2010 | Chester | SBA Monarch Towers I, LLC |
| 1049005 | Tower | 206 ft | 1964 | Walsh | Private owner (name withheld) |
| 1059629 | Lattice tower | 200 ft | 1997 | Chester | American Towers LLC |
| 1329606 | Monopole | 199 ft | 1980 | Chester | RANDOLPH, COUNTY OF ATTN: SHERIFF DEPARTMENT |
| 1304664 | Lattice tower | 195 ft | 2018 | Chester | Tillman Infrastructure, LLC |
| 1305290 | Lattice tower | 176 ft | 2018 | Chester | Cellco Partnership |
| 1279426 | Tower | 160 ft | 2011 | Sparta | Cellco Partnership |
| 1238596 | Tower | 150 ft | 2003 | Sparta | CTI Towers, Inc. |
| 1205337 | Tower | 120 ft | 1999 | Chester | Illinois, State of |
| 1253585 | Tower | 120 ft | 2006 | Sparta | MedStar Ambulance Inc |
| 1313325 | Guyed tower | 100 ft | 2010 | Coulterville | CTI Towers Assets II, LLC |
If you have a tower lease in Randolph 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: Clinton County (37), Jo Daviess County (33), McDonough County (31), Woodford County (31), Clark 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.