Cell towers in Adair County, KY

The FCC registry lists 21 constructed antenna structures in Adair County, 1% of Kentucky's 2,887. Verizon owns 8 of them (38%), 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 5 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 21
2Tallest 956 ft
3Largest owner Verizon
4Median height (state 265 ft) 255 ft

Structures

rank 48 of 120 in KY

Most common type

Tower

57% of structures

Over 200 feet

90% of structures

Peak build decade

2000s

43% built then

Who owns the towers in Adair County

13 different registrants own the 21 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.

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

Height and age

The median structure here stands 255 feet, close to the Kentucky median of 265 feet. The tallest is a guyed tower near Columbia at 956 feet, built in 1983. More than in any other decade, 43% were built in the 2000s.

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

Structures in Adair 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
1062332	Guyed tower	956 ft	1983	Columbia	American Towers LLC
1044249	Tower	499 ft	1984	Purdy	WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
1043061	Guyed tower	420 ft	1994	Columbia	Cellco Partnership
1043197	Tower	404 ft	1994	Columbia	Shoreline Communications, Inc.
1228813	Lattice tower	306 ft	2001	Columbia	SBA Properties, LLC
1257489	Guyed tower	301 ft	2007	Russell Springs	SBA Towers II LLC
1048811	Tower	285 ft	1993	Russell Springs	SHORELINE COMMUNICATIONS INC.
1041289	Tower	283 ft	2001	Fairplay	Texas Eastern Communications, LLC
1311883	Lattice tower	264 ft	2020	Knifley	Tillman Infrastructure, LLC
1257173	Guyed tower	257 ft	2007	Columbia	SBA Towers VII, LLC
1242039	Tower	255 ft	2004	Edmonton	Cellco Partnership
1261657	Tower	255 ft	2008	Breeding	Cellco Partnership
1268209	Tower	255 ft	2009	Columbia	Cellco Partnership
1272696	Tower	255 ft	2010	Columbia	Cellco Partnership
1274206	Tower	255 ft	2010	Knifley	Cellco Partnership
1278367	Tower	255 ft	2011	Glens Fork	Cellco Partnership
1298190	Lattice tower	250 ft	2016	Russell Springs	Cellco Partnership
1311877	Lattice tower	240 ft	2020	Harrodsburg	VERTICAL BRIDGE TOWERS V, LLC
1044964	Tower	216 ft	2006	Columbia	TRI COUNTY BROADCASTING CORPORATION DBA = WAIN RADIO
1323421	Monopole	195 ft	2023	Columbia	APC Towers, LLC
1254374	Tower	164 ft	2007	Columbia	SBA Towers VII, LLC

If you have a tower lease in Adair 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 Kentucky with similar tower counts: Knox County (22), Meade County (22), Russell County (22), Butler County (21), Wayne County (21).

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.