Illinois / Shelby County
#61 of 102 IL counties · 28 structures
Cell towers in Shelby County, IL
The FCC registry lists 28 constructed antenna structures in Shelby County, 1% of Illinois's 5,168. Ownership is spread across 20 registrants; the largest, Crown Castle, has 4 (14%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 9 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 28
- 2Tallest 512 ft
- 3Largest owner Crown Castle
- 4Median height (state 207 ft) 277 ft
Who owns the towers in Shelby County
20 different registrants own the 28 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 277 feet, 70 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 Lakewood at 512 feet, built in 1992. More than in any other decade, 36% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1008862 | Tower | 512 ft | 1992 | Lakewood | Private owner (name withheld) |
| 1200150 | Tower | 500 ft | 2010 | Lakewood | Illinois Cooperative Association, Inc., dba Clear Talk |
| 1057130 | Lattice tower | 458 ft | 2017 | Prairie Home | CROMWELL GROUP, INC. OF ILLINOIS |
| 1251133 | Guyed tower | 350 ft | 2006 | Findlay | CCATT LLC |
| 1251477 | Guyed tower | 349 ft | 2006 | Oconee | American Towers LLC |
| 1251478 | Tower | 349 ft | 2006 | Strasburg | American Towers LLC |
| 1216525 | Tower | 344 ft | 2001 | Tower Hill Illinois | Hart Media Group LLC |
| 1021680 | Guyed tower | 312 ft | 1990 | Effingham | Pinnacle Towers LLC |
| 1005599 | Guyed tower | 306 ft | 2001 | Findlay | American Towers LLC |
| 1211479 | Other or unspecified | 290 ft | 2002 | Tower Hill | HART MEDIA GROUP LLC |
| 1211480 | Other or unspecified | 290 ft | 2002 | Tower Hill | HART MEDIA GROUP LLC |
| 1213188 | Tower | 285 ft | 2003 | Shelbyville | Crown Castle GT Company, LLC |
| 1052977 | Tower | 281 ft | 1953 | Tower Hill | American Towers LLC |
| 1009648 | Tower | 280 ft | 1979 | Strasburg | TowerCo V Holdings LLC |
| 1009510 | Guyed tower | 274 ft | 1990 | Tower Hill | KN Telecommunications Inc. |
| 1311769 | Lattice tower | 263 ft | 2020 | Windsor | Parallel Infrastructure III, LLC |
| 1291916 | Lattice tower | 260 ft | 2014 | Stewardson | SBA Towers IX, LLC |
| 1271218 | Tower | 258 ft | 2010 | Moweaqua | Vertical Bridge Towers, LLC |
| 1329728 | Lattice tower | 256 ft | 2025 | Tower Hill | Central States Tower V, LLC |
| 1007699 | Tower | 252 ft | 2004 | Shelbyville | Trunkline Gas Co. |
| 1200894 | Tower | 197 ft | 1999 | Cowden | Crown Castle GT Company, LLC |
| 1283964 | Tower | 197 ft | 2012 | Shelbyville | US Army Corps of Engineers |
| 1299202 | Lattice tower | 160 ft | 2016 | Shelbyville | Hart Media Group LLC |
| 1009463 | Tower | 100 ft | 1992 | Moweaqua | AMEREN ILLINOIS COMPANY |
| 1009468 | Tower | 100 ft | 1992 | Neoga | AMEREN ILLINOIS COMPANY |
| 1009490 | Other or unspecified | 100 ft | 1992 | Shelbyville | AMEREN ILLINOIS COMPANY |
| 1313398 | Lattice tower | 50 ft | 2018 | Tower Hill | CTI Towers Assets II, LLC |
| 1270452 | Tower | 30 ft | 2009 | Shelbyville | Shelby County Airport |
If you have a tower lease in Shelby 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: Bond County (29), Boone County (29), Massac County (29), Carroll County (26), Johnson County (26).
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.