Indiana / Whitley County
#75 of 92 IN counties · 20 structures
Cell towers in Whitley County, IN
The FCC registry lists 20 constructed antenna structures in Whitley County, 1% of Indiana's 3,783. Crown Castle owns 6 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 11 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 20
- 2Tallest 419 ft
- 3Largest owner Crown Castle
- 4Median height (state 255 ft) 301 ft
Who owns the towers in Whitley County
16 different registrants own the 20 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 301 feet, 46 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 Columbia City at 419 feet, built in 2019. More than in any other decade, 45% were built in the 2000s.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1029244 | Guyed tower | 419 ft | 2019 | Columbia City | J & R TOWERS INC |
| 1027657 | Tower | 363 ft | 1984 | Coesse | Indiana, State of (IPSC) |
| 1224947 | Tower | 330 ft | 2002 | Columbia City | J & K Communications Inc |
| 1058776 | Tower | 324 ft | 1999 | South Whitley | Pinnacle Towers LLC |
| 1031052 | Tower | 320 ft | 1983 | Columbia City | Connect Holding LLC d/b/a Brightspeed |
| 1027104 | Tower | 315 ft | 1987 | Columbia City | AT&T Mobility Spectrum LLC |
| 1239349 | Guyed tower | 314 ft | 2003 | Columbia City | SBA Infrastructures, LLC |
| 1253231 | Tower | 311 ft | 2006 | Columbia City | CCATT LLC |
| 1268631 | Tower | 310 ft | 2009 | Larwill | SBA Towers III LLC |
| 1027733 | Lattice tower | 302 ft | 1989 | Columbia City | Crown Castle GT Company, LLC |
| 1063796 | Tower | 300 ft | 1999 | Larwill | Pinnacle Towers LLC |
| 1239618 | Tower | 270 ft | 2003 | Columbia City | Global Signal Acquisitions LLC |
| 1298504 | Lattice tower | 260 ft | 2019 | Columbia City | Horvath Towers V, LLC |
| 1222208 | Lattice tower | 259 ft | 2001 | Larwill | American Towers LLC |
| 1254071 | Tower | 255 ft | 2006 | Columbia City | Crown Castle Towers 06-2 LLC |
| 1318638 | Guyed tower | 255 ft | 2024 | Columbia City | The Towers, LLC |
| 1265288 | Tower | 199 ft | 2009 | Columbia City | American Towers LLC |
| 1274701 | Lattice tower | 199 ft | 2009 | Churubusco | American Towers LLC |
| 1328246 | Lattice tower | 195 ft | 2025 | Churubusco | Horvath Towers VI, LLC |
| 1329812 | Lattice tower | 190 ft | 2025 | Columbia City | Horvath Towers VI, LLC |
If you have a tower lease in Whitley 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: Pike County (20), Vermillion County (20), Wells County (20), Crawford County (19), Parke County (18).
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.