Cell towers in Adams County, IN

The FCC registry lists 16 constructed antenna structures in Adams County, 0% of Indiana's 3,783. Ownership is spread across 14 registrants; the largest, Crown Castle, has 2 (13%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 6 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 16
2Tallest 419 ft
3Largest owner Crown Castle
4Median height (state 255 ft) 294 ft

Structures

rank 79 of 92 in IN

Most common type

Guyed tower

38% of structures

Over 200 feet

100% of structures

Peak build decade

2000s

31% built then

Who owns the towers in Adams County

14 different registrants own the 16 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.

Constructed structures in Adams County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 294 feet, 39 feet taller than the Indiana median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a guyed tower near Decatur at 419 feet, built in 1964. More than in any other decade, 31% were built in the 2000s.

Structures in Adams County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.

Structures in Adams 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.	Type	Height	Built	City	Owner
1204241	Guyed tower	419 ft	1964	Decatur	American Towers LLC
1036775	Tower	403 ft	1993	Monroe	Private owner (name withheld)
1256952	Tower	350 ft	2007	Bluffton	Indiana Michigan Power Company
1249339	Guyed tower	349 ft	2005	Decatur	EIP Holdings II, LLC
1308447	Guyed tower	340 ft	2019	Berne	CitySwitch DevCo 1, LLC
1037908	Guyed tower	316 ft	1998	Geneva	SBA Structures, LLC
1035281	Guyed tower	305 ft	1976	Decatur	CTI Towers, Inc.
1031053	Tower	295 ft	1982	Decatur	Connect Holding LLC d/b/a Brightspeed
1057467	Tower	292 ft	2000	Geneva	Crown Castle GT Company, LLC
1029210	Tower	269 ft	1992	Decatur	Northern Indiana Public Service Company
1028178	Tower	265 ft	1995	Decatur	Crown Castle GT Company, LLC
1229812	Lattice tower	264 ft	2003	Berne	American Towers LLC
1290681	Lattice tower	260 ft	2014	Monroe	GTE Mobilnet of Fort Wayne Limited Partnership
1328037	Lattice tower	259 ft	2024	Berne	TAG Towers, LLC
1334099	Guyed tower	255 ft	2026	Berne	APC Towers, LLC
1219840	Lattice tower	254 ft	2001	Decatur	SBA Properties, LLC

If you have a tower lease in Adams 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 Indiana with similar tower counts: Crawford County (19), Parke County (18), Perry County (18), Owen County (16), Switzerland County (16).

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.