Illinois / Whiteside County
#40 of 102 IL counties · 44 structures
Cell towers in Whiteside County, IL
The FCC registry lists 44 constructed antenna structures in Whiteside County, 1% of Illinois's 5,168. Ownership is spread across 23 registrants; the largest, Array Digital Infrastructure, has 11 (25%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 14 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 44
- 2Tallest 462 ft
- 3Largest owner Array Digital Infrastructure
- 4Median height (state 207 ft) 285 ft
Who owns the towers in Whiteside County
23 different registrants own the 44 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 285 feet, 78 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 Deer Grove at 462 feet, built in 2005. More than in any other decade, 32% were built in the 1990s.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1247407 | Guyed tower | 462 ft | 2005 | Deer Grove | SBA Towers II LLC |
| 1008060 | Tower | 420 ft | 1997 | Sterling | ILLINOIS, STATE OF |
| 1009527 | Guyed tower | 395 ft | 1993 | Morrison | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1208450 | Guyed tower | 371 ft | 2000 | Lyndon | American Towers LLC |
| 1210135 | Guyed tower | 363 ft | 2000 | Erie | American Towers LLC |
| 1225689 | Tower | 362 ft | 2001 | Millard | SpectraSite Communications, LLC. through American Towers, LLC. |
| 1041431 | Guyed tower | 345 ft | 1998 | Albany | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1045326 | Guyed tower | 340 ft | 1998 | Erie | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1057444 | Tower | 338 ft | 1991 | Morrison | Virden Broadcasting Corp. |
| 1009179 | Tower | 328 ft | 1993 | Morrison | COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY |
| 1008619 | Tower | 318 ft | 1997 | Fulton | American Towers LLC |
| 1307795 | Guyed tower | 315 ft | 2019 | Prophetstown | Vertical Bridge Development, LLC |
| 1007859 | Lattice tower | 310 ft | 1993 | Sterling | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1311369 | Lattice tower | 310 ft | 2019 | Morrison | VERTICAL BRIDGE TOWERS V, LLC |
| 1289374 | Lattice tower | 305 ft | 2013 | Chadwick | SBA Towers V, LLC |
| 1008489 | Tower | 304 ft | 1995 | Erie | Crown Castle GT Company, LLC |
| 1002715 | Tower | 298 ft | 1995 | Sterling | Crown Castle GT Company, LLC |
| 1008490 | Tower | 298 ft | 1990 | Morrison | Crown Castle GT Company, LLC |
| 1008797 | Tower | 295 ft | 2008 | Ustick | UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY |
| 1011912 | Tower | 293 ft | 1968 | Sterling | Comcast of Illinois/Indiana/Ohio, LLC |
| 1010826 | Tower | 292 ft | 1982 | Rock Falls | LAWRENCE & SONS CONTRACTING INC |
| 1057445 | Guyed tower | 290 ft | 1966 | Sterling | Virden Broadcasting Corp. |
| 1312180 | Lattice tower | 280 ft | 2019 | Deer Grove | Green River Wind Farm Phase I, LLC |
| 1028416 | Lattice tower | 265 ft | 1997 | Tampico | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1308538 | Lattice tower | 265 ft | 2019 | Morrison | Vertical Bridge Development, LLC |
| 1308792 | Lattice tower | 265 ft | 2019 | Tampico | Vertical Bridge Development, LLC |
| 1326342 | Lattice tower | 265 ft | 2024 | Erie | The Towers, LLC |
| 1239639 | Pole | 260 ft | 2003 | Chadwick | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1329874 | Lattice tower | 257 ft | 2026 | Sterling | Tillman Infrastructure, LLC |
| 1008659 | Tower | 247 ft | 1950 | Tampico | Tower Sites, Inc. |
| 1009198 | Guyed tower | 244 ft | 1985 | Sterling | American Towers LLC |
| 1229830 | Lattice tower | 225 ft | 2001 | Rock Falls | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1016314 | Guyed tower | 213 ft | 1996 | Prophetstown | CTI Towers, Inc. |
| 1057446 | Tower | 205 ft | 1970 | Sterling | VIRDEN BROADCASTING CORP. |
| 1210594 | Lattice tower | 200 ft | 1998 | Lyndon | American Towers LLC |
| 1241963 | Pole | 199 ft | 2004 | Prophetstown | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1229219 | Monopole | 198 ft | 2002 | Fulton | SBA Steel, LLC. |
| 1246211 | Lattice tower | 198 ft | 2005 | Sterling | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1255207 | Tower | 168 ft | 2006 | Sterling | CCATT LLC |
| 1326962 | Monopole | 165 ft | 2026 | Rock Falls | The Towers, LLC |
| 1247133 | Lattice tower | 157 ft | 2005 | Rock Falls | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1306873 | Lattice tower | 140 ft | 1968 | Sterling | Lift Systems, LLC |
| 1267212 | Monopole | 129 ft | 2009 | Sterling | American Towers LLC |
| 1231876 | On a building | 100 ft | 2002 | Sterling | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
If you have a tower lease in Whiteside 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: Coles County (45), Christian County (44), Logan County (44), Effingham County (43), Clay County (42).
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.