Indiana / Dearborn County

#61 of 92 IN counties · 27 structures

Cell towers in Dearborn County, IN

The FCC registry lists 27 constructed antenna structures in Dearborn County, 1% of Indiana's 3,783. American Tower owns 8 of them (30%), so a landowner here with a tower lease is more likely than not dealing with one company. The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 12 between them.

Value a buyout offer

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  1. 1Constructed structures 27
  2. 2Tallest 357 ft
  3. 3Largest owner American Tower
  4. 4Median height (state 255 ft) 281 ft
Structures
27
rank 61 of 92 in IN
Most common type
Lattice tower
41% of structures
Over 200 feet
22
81% of structures
Peak build decade
2000s
44% built then

Who owns the towers in Dearborn County

17 different registrants own the 27 structures. 2 are registered to individuals or family trusts, whose names 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.

American Tower8STC Two LLC3SBA Communications3Private owners2Verizon2OHIO VALLEY ELECTRIC CORPORA1Crown Castle1Connect Holding LLC d/b/a Br1
Constructed structures in Dearborn County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 281 feet, 26 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 West Harrison at 357 feet, built in 2000. More than in any other decade, 44% were built in the 2000s.

Lattice tower11Tower11Guyed tower3Other or unspecified1Pole1
Structures in Dearborn County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
21950s21960s31980s61990s122000s12010s12020s
Structures in Dearborn 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
1219940Guyed tower357 ft2000West HarrisonSBA Towers, LLC
1219951Guyed tower354 ft2000LawrenceburgSBA Towers, LLC
1210206Lattice tower342 ft2000West HarrisonAmerican Towers LLC
1207714Tower340 ft2000West HarrisonAmerican Towers LLC
1027888Guyed tower323 ft1990LawrenceburgPinnacle Towers Acquisition LLC
1321548Lattice tower315 ft2022LawrenceburgDuke Energy Business Services, LLC
1215009Tower305 ft2000GuilfordSpectraSite Communications, LLC. through American Towers, LLC.
1025437Lattice tower300 ft1997LawrenceburgAmerican Towers LLC
1017776Tower300 ft1994AuroraCellco Partnership
1210756Lattice tower300 ft2000AuroraAmerican Towers LLC
1017784Other or unspecified298 ft1990St. LeonCellco Partnership
1256662Lattice tower294 ft2007SunmanHoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.
1206686Tower290 ft2000LawrenceburgSTC Two LLC
1014747Lattice tower281 ft1988GuilfordAmerican Towers LLC
1246923Tower270 ft2002LawrenceburgPrivate owner (name withheld)
1260045Lattice tower268 ft2007AuroraAmerican Towers, LLC
1203280Tower260 ft2000AuroraSTC Two LLC
1027302Tower253 ft1958LawrenceburgOHIO VALLEY ELECTRIC CORPORATION
1003137Tower220 ft1995LawrenceburgPrivate owner (name withheld)
1043501Tower218 ft1958ManchesterCommunication Properties LLC
1234616Lattice tower215 ft2002DillsboroSBA Towers II LLC
1032542Tower208 ft1966LawrenceburgAmerican Towers LLC
1031148Tower200 ft1967AuroraINDIANA, STATE OF
1297967Lattice tower199 ft2019Moores HillK2 Towers III, LLC
1031044Lattice tower169 ft1984Mount SinaiConnect Holding LLC d/b/a Brightspeed
1222940Pole134 ft1998LawrenceburgSTC Two LLC
1300579Lattice tower123 ft1988LawrenceburgUnited Telephone Company of Indiana

If you have a tower lease in Dearborn 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: Dubois County (28), Jefferson County (28), Ripley County (28), Jennings County (26), Sullivan 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.