Illinois / Woodford County

#53 of 102 IL counties · 31 structures

Cell towers in Woodford County, IL

The FCC registry lists 31 constructed antenna structures in Woodford County, 1% of Illinois's 5,168. Ownership is spread across 17 registrants; the largest, Array Digital Infrastructure, has 8 (26%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 9 between them.

Value a buyout offer

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  1. 1Constructed structures 31
  2. 2Tallest 1007 ft
  3. 3Largest owner Array Digital Infrastructure
  4. 4Median height (state 207 ft) 258 ft
Structures
31
rank 53 of 102 in IL
Most common type
Lattice tower
52% of structures
Over 200 feet
20
65% of structures
Peak build decade
2000s
39% built then

Who owns the towers in Woodford County

17 different registrants own the 31 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.

Array Digital Infrastructure8American Tower8Verizon2ILLINOIS, STATE OF DBA = I1WOODFORD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OF1WYZZ LICENSE INC1SBA Communications1METAMORA TELEPHONE COMPANY1
Constructed structures in Woodford County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 258 feet, 51 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 Congerville at 1007 feet, built in 1986. More than in any other decade, 39% were built in the 2000s.

Lattice tower16Tower8Guyed tower5Other or unspecified1Monopole1
Structures in Woodford County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
11960s31980s91990s122000s32010s32020s
Structures in Woodford 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
1010146Tower1007 ft1986CongervilleWYZZ LICENSE INC
1203773Guyed tower620 ft1998CongervilleIllinois Cooperative Association, Inc., dba Clear Talk
1008532Guyed tower415 ft2007MetamoraCellco Partnership
1009261Other or unspecified393 ft1994RoanokeARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1009858Tower368 ft1984CazenoviaWOODFORD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
1203539Lattice tower350 ft1999GoodfieldAmerican Towers LLC
1008043Tower322 ft1963MetamoraILLINOIS, STATE OF DBA = ILLINOIS STATE POLICE
1209203Lattice tower317 ft1999El PasoAmerican Towers LLC
1311617Lattice tower307 ft2020EurekaUniti Towers LLC
1232743Guyed tower304 ft1984Spring BayAmerican Towers LLC
1025257Tower295 ft2008EurekaSBA Infrastructures, LLC
1008764Guyed tower265 ft1992BensonCellco Partnership
1265351Lattice tower260 ft2008El PasoAmerican Towers LLC
1265353Lattice tower260 ft2008MinonkAmerican Towers LLC
1257577Lattice tower258 ft2007MetamoraARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1271923Lattice tower258 ft2010WashburnARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1223338Tower256 ft2001CongervilleAmerican Towers LLC
1289898Lattice tower255 ft2014RoanokeAmerican Towers LLC
1217287Tower240 ft2000MetamoraSpectraSite Communications, LLC. through American Towers, LLC.
1266504Lattice tower228 ft2009WoodfordARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1009264Lattice tower199 ft1996MetamoraARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1057748Tower199 ft1998MetamoraMETAMORA TELEPHONE COMPANY
1231501Lattice tower199 ft2002GoodfieldARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1267953Tower199 ft2009BensonCOMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY
1301960Monopole199 ft2018SecorPI Tower Development LLC c/o LendLease Americas Inc.
1236928Lattice tower198 ft2003SecorARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1321813Lattice tower198 ft2002EurekaMalacoda, LLC
1009260Lattice tower150 ft1995EurekaARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1307960Guyed tower100 ft1999Germantown HillsCTI Assets II, LLC
1319466Lattice tower88 ft2021MinonkMinonk Stewardship Wind LLC
1331303Lattice tower41 ft2026El PasoCI V Panther Grove Non-QFPF Inc.

If you have a tower lease in Woodford 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: Jo Daviess County (33), McDonough County (31), Randolph County (31), Clark County (30), Ford 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.