Illinois / Wayne County
#57 of 102 IL counties · 30 structures
Cell towers in Wayne County, IL
The FCC registry lists 30 constructed antenna structures in Wayne County, 1% of Illinois's 5,168. Ownership is spread across 19 registrants; the largest, Verizon, has 7 (23%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 7 between them.
Who owns the towers in Wayne County
19 different registrants own the 30 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 280 feet, 73 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 Cisne at 414 feet, built in 1994. More than in any other decade, 37% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1009631 | Tower | 414 ft | 1994 | Cisne | AT&T Mobility Spectrum LLC |
| 1220932 | Tower | 375 ft | 2001 | Barnhill | Crown Communication LLC |
| 1222740 | Tower | 365 ft | 2001 | Wayne City | SpectraSite Communications, LLC. through American Towers, LLC. |
| 1009003 | Tower | 344 ft | 1996 | Fairfield | WAYNE COUNTY BROADCASTING CO INC DBA = WFIW AM WFIW FM WOKZ FM |
| 1007695 | Tower | 343 ft | 2001 | Johnsonville | Trunkline Gas Co. |
| 1277171 | Tower | 325 ft | 2011 | Fairfield | CCTM2 LLC |
| 1202410 | Guyed tower | 310 ft | 2000 | Johnsonville | Cellco Partnership |
| 1029355 | Tower | 307 ft | 1991 | Wayne City | Norfolk Southern Corporation |
| 1212408 | Tower | 304 ft | 2000 | Mill Shoals | SBA Structures, LLC |
| 1286145 | Lattice tower | 295 ft | 2013 | Sims | Cellco Partnership |
| 1295042 | Lattice tower | 295 ft | 2015 | Barn Hill | Cellco Partnership |
| 1008553 | Guyed tower | 294 ft | 2004 | Wayne City | American Towers LLC |
| 1009624 | Guyed tower | 290 ft | 2014 | Barnhill | Vertical Bridge S3 Assets, LLC |
| 1009635 | Guyed tower | 286 ft | 1990 | Wayne City | AT&T Mobility Spectrum LLC |
| 1331699 | Guyed tower | 284 ft | 2025 | Fairfield | Wayne White Counties Electric Company |
| 1007837 | Tower | 276 ft | 1957 | Fairfield | WAYNE WHITE COUNTIES ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE |
| 1264058 | Tower | 270 ft | 2008 | Golden Gate | AT&T Mobility Spectrum LLC |
| 1221070 | Lattice tower | 265 ft | 2001 | Wayne City | AT&T Mobility Spectrum LLC |
| 1302997 | Lattice tower | 265 ft | 2018 | Belle Rive | Cellco Partnership |
| 1326430 | Lattice tower | 265 ft | 2024 | Mt. Erie | Cellco Partnership |
| 1008051 | Tower | 260 ft | 1975 | Fairfield | ILLINOIS, STATE OF |
| 1206213 | Tower | 260 ft | 2000 | Cisne | Cellco Partnership |
| 1207922 | Tower | 259 ft | 2000 | Wayne City | SpectraSite Communications, LLC. through American Towers, LLC. |
| 1027919 | Tower | 244 ft | 1971 | Fairfield | Norfolk Southern Corporation |
| 1310007 | Guyed tower | 198 ft | 2019 | Fairfield | Private owner (name withheld) |
| 1202476 | Tower | 195 ft | 1983 | Fairfield | Gill's Sales & Service, Inc. |
| 1294785 | Lattice tower | 195 ft | 2016 | Fairfield | Cellco Partnership |
| 1242174 | Tower | 181 ft | 2001 | Fairfield | Global Tower, LLC. through American Towers, LLC |
| 1283031 | Pole | 137 ft | 2011 | Fairfield | HOOSIER ENERGY REC INC |
| 1297307 | Monopole | 63 ft | 2016 | Fairfield | Norfolk Southern Railway Company |
If you have a tower lease in Wayne 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: Clark County (30), Ford County (30), Mercer County (30), Bond County (29), Boone 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.