Indiana / Shelby County

#38 of 92 IN counties · 36 structures

Cell towers in Shelby County, IN

The FCC registry lists 36 constructed antenna structures in Shelby County, 1% of Indiana's 3,783. Ownership is spread across 22 registrants; the largest, Horvath Communications, has 8 (22%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 15 between them.

Value a buyout offer

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  1. 1Constructed structures 36
  2. 2Tallest 446 ft
  3. 3Largest owner Horvath Communications
  4. 4Median height (state 255 ft) 206 ft
Structures
36
rank 38 of 92 in IN
Most common type
Monopole
39% of structures
Over 200 feet
19
53% of structures
Peak build decade
2010s
44% built then

Who owns the towers in Shelby County

22 different registrants own the 36 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.

Horvath Communications8Crown Castle7American Tower6SBA Communications2Skyway Towers2Private owners1GTE Mobilnet of Indiana Limi13 Towers Broadcasting Compan1
Constructed structures in Shelby County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 206 feet, 49 feet shorter than the Indiana median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a guyed tower near Fairland at 446 feet, built in 2014. More than in any other decade, 44% were built in the 2010s.

Monopole14Lattice tower9Tower7Guyed tower3Other or unspecified1Mast1Pole1
Structures in Shelby County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
11970s71990s82000s162010s42020s
Structures in Shelby 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
1031188Guyed tower446 ft2014FairlandPinnacle Towers Acquisition LLC
1029027Guyed tower392 ft2004FairlandGTE Mobilnet of Indiana Limited Partnership
1031679Other or unspecified357 ft1970Shelbyville3 Towers Broadcasting Company, LLC
1204901Tower350 ft1999New PalestineSBA 2012 TC Assets, LLC
1023481Tower320 ft1990MorristownPinnacle Towers Acquisition LLC
1318027Lattice tower315 ft2025ShebyvilleDuke Energy Business Services, LLC
1028688Lattice tower305 ft1993ShelbyvilleCrown Castle GT Company, LLC
1028683Tower303 ft1994MorristownCrown Castle GT Company, LLC
1039730Tower298 ft2003ShelbyvilleCrown Castle South LLC
1255476Lattice tower294 ft2021Flat RockHoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.
1273101Lattice tower280 ft2010ShelbyvilleAmerican Towers LLC
1057021Tower264 ft2000EdinburghCrown Castle GT Company, LLC
1027714Tower260 ft1995EdinburghPrivate owner (name withheld)
1296392Lattice tower260 ft2016ShelbyvilleT-Mobile USA Tower LLC
1039739Mast259 ft2004FreeportCrown Castle South LLC
1041026Tower258 ft1998ShelbyvilleAMERITECH WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
1222810Lattice tower210 ft2001ShelbyvilleSpectraSite Communications, LLC. through American Towers, LLC.
1240810Pole206 ft2003FairlandTVT III, LLC
1202208Guyed tower205 ft2013ShelbyvilleAmerican Towers LLC
1293867Monopole199 ft2014WaldronHorvath Towers III, LLC
1293896Monopole199 ft2015ShelbyvilleHorvath Towers III, LLC
1294098Lattice tower199 ft2015ManillaHorvath Towers III, LLC
1294503Monopole199 ft2015ShelbyvilleSkyway Towers, LLC
1296129Monopole199 ft2015ShelbyvilleHorvath Towers III, LLC
1297044Lattice tower199 ft2015FountaintownHorvath Towers III, LLC
1300634Lattice tower199 ft2017EdinburghHorvath Communications
1300934Monopole199 ft2017Flat RockSBA Towers X, LLC
1301136Monopole199 ft2019FairlandHorvath Towers V, LLC
1297833Monopole195 ft2016ShelbyvilleHorvath Towers V, LLC
1299579Monopole195 ft2016FairlandSkyway Towers, LLC
1051657Monopole191 ft1998IndianapolisAmerican Towers LLC
1236347Monopole189 ft2002ShelbyvilleAmerican Towers LLC
1288291Monopole188 ft2000ShelbyvilleAmerican Towers LLC
1331381Monopole165 ft2025EdinburghHorvath Towers VI, LLC
1302654Monopole160 ft2018ShelbyvilleCapital Telecom Holdings LLC
1322281Monopole127 ft2022ShelbyvilleTillman Infrastructure, LLC

If you have a tower lease in Shelby 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: Hancock County (36), Montgomery County (36), Putnam County (36), Clinton County (35), Greene County (35).

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.