Kentucky / Boyd County
#36 of 120 KY counties · 27 structures
Cell towers in Boyd County, KY
The FCC registry lists 27 constructed antenna structures in Boyd County, 1% of Kentucky's 2,887. Ownership is spread across 16 registrants; the largest, SBA Communications, has 7 (26%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 12 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 27
- 2Tallest 463 ft
- 3Largest owner SBA Communications
- 4Median height (state 265 ft) 257 ft
Who owns the towers in Boyd County
16 different registrants own the 27 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 257 feet, close to the Kentucky median of 265 feet. The tallest is a tower near Cannonsburgh at 463 feet, built in 2000. More than in any other decade, 44% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1218767 | Tower | 463 ft | 2000 | Cannonsburgh | Kindred Communications, Inc. |
| 1044042 | Lattice tower | 431 ft | 2019 | Ashland | KENTUCKY AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION DBA WKAS |
| 1312903 | Lattice tower | 343 ft | 2020 | Catlettsburg | Kentucky Power Company |
| 1258542 | Lattice tower | 321 ft | 2008 | Catlettsburg | TV6 Holdings, LLC |
| 1301534 | Lattice tower | 310 ft | 2017 | Ashland | TowerCo V Holdings LLC |
| 1044202 | Guyed tower | 308 ft | 1979 | Catlettsburg | Vertical Bridge CC FM, LLC |
| 1052323 | Tower | 307 ft | 1981 | Ashland | TRI-STATE FAMILY BROADCASTING, INC. |
| 1234349 | Tower | 305 ft | 2002 | Summit | SBA Towers II LLC |
| 1278740 | Mast | 304 ft | 2012 | Ashland | Octagon Towers, LLC |
| 1042404 | Guyed tower | 292 ft | 2009 | Ashland | American Towers LLC |
| 1048840 | Lattice tower | 289 ft | 1998 | Coalton | American Towers LLC |
| 1235975 | Lattice tower | 285 ft | 2007 | Catlettsburg | SBA Towers II LLC |
| 1044203 | Other or unspecified | 267 ft | 1979 | Catlettsburg | Vertical Bridge CC FM, LLC |
| 1235176 | Lattice tower | 257 ft | 2002 | Catlettsburg | American Towers LLC |
| 1235180 | Guyed tower | 254 ft | 2007 | Ashland | SBA Towers II LLC |
| 1225643 | Lattice tower | 215 ft | 2000 | Ashland | SBA Towers, LLC |
| 1042406 | Tower | 200 ft | 1976 | Catlettsburg | Marathon Petroleum LLC |
| 1238385 | Tower | 199 ft | 2004 | Cannonsburg | Alltel Corporation |
| 1260027 | Lattice tower | 199 ft | 2007 | Catlettsburg | SBA Towers II LLC |
| 1260347 | Lattice tower | 199 ft | 2007 | Ashland | Global Tower, LLC. through American Towers, LLC |
| 1281118 | Monopole | 199 ft | 2012 | Catlettsburg | American Towers LLC |
| 1306184 | Monopole | 199 ft | 2018 | Ashland | SBA Towers IX, LLC |
| 1256891 | Tower | 189 ft | 2008 | Catlettsburg | Alltel Corporation |
| 1286763 | Lattice tower | 188 ft | 2013 | Catlettsburg | Alltel Corporation |
| 1274493 | Tower | 180 ft | 2010 | Catlettsburg | Labtronics Inc. |
| 1042403 | Tower | 140 ft | 1979 | Catlettsburg | Marathon Petroleum LLC |
| 1299215 | Monopole | 90 ft | 2017 | Catlettsburg | SBA Towers, LLC |
If you have a tower lease in Boyd 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: Whitley County (29), Bullitt County (28), Shelby County (28), Carter County (27), Jessamine County (27).
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.