Kentucky / Butler County

#49 of 120 KY counties · 21 structures

Cell towers in Butler County, KY

The FCC registry lists 21 constructed antenna structures in Butler County, 1% of Kentucky's 2,887. Ownership is spread across 12 registrants; the largest, Verizon, has 5 (24%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 6 between them.

Value a buyout offer

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  1. 1Constructed structures 21
  2. 2Tallest 418 ft
  3. 3Largest owner Verizon
  4. 4Median height (state 265 ft) 270 ft
Structures
21
rank 49 of 120 in KY
Most common type
Tower
52% of structures
Over 200 feet
18
86% of structures
Peak build decade
2000s
48% built then

Who owns the towers in Butler County

12 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.

Verizon5Crown Castle5Tillman Infrastructure4KENTUCKY, COMMONWEALTH OF D1WARREN RURAL ELECTRIC COOPER1TELE MEDIA COMPANY OF SOUTHW1Ford Communications1SBA Communications1
Constructed structures in Butler County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 270 feet, close to the Kentucky median of 265 feet. The tallest is a tower near Morgantown at 418 feet, built in 2005. More than in any other decade, 48% were built in the 2000s.

Tower11Lattice tower7Guyed tower2Water tank1
Structures in Butler County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
11980s21990s102000s72010s12020s
Structures in Butler 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
1210409Tower418 ft2005MorgantownCrown Castle South LLC
1043044Guyed tower414 ft1992MorgantownCellco Partnership
1043425Tower345 ft2005MorgantownCrown Castle South LLC
1231934Tower340 ft2006RoundhillCrown Castle South LLC
1305076Lattice tower320 ft2018MorgantownTillman Infrastructure LLC
1304590Lattice tower315 ft2019MorgantownTillman Infrastructure, LLC
1044829Tower298 ft2007MorgantownKENTUCKY, COMMONWEALTH OF DBA = KY EMERGENCY WARNING SYSTEM KEWS
1273826Tower295 ft2010MorgantownCellco Partnership
1217204Tower275 ft2005MorgantownCrown Communication LLC
1217219Tower274 ft2000MorgantownCrown Communication LLC
1304525Lattice tower270 ft2018MorgantownTillman Infrastructure LLC
1312676Lattice tower270 ft2020MorgantownUniti Towers LLC
1304931Lattice tower268 ft2018MorgantownTillman Infrastructure LLC
1271423Tower260 ft2009MorgantownSBA Monarch Towers III, LLC
1050177Tower255 ft2004Bowling GreenWARREN RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE CORP
1273825Tower255 ft2010MorgantownCellco Partnership
1263383Lattice tower249 ft2008RochesterCellco Partnership
1268018Lattice tower244 ft2009MorgantownCellco Partnership
1210481Water tank199 ft1990MorgantownFord Communications
1050235Tower154 ft1981MorgantownTELE MEDIA COMPANY OF SOUTHWEST KENTUCKY DBA = TELE MEDIA COMPANY
1321130Guyed tower150 ft2018MorgantownCTI Towers Assets II, LLC

If you have a tower lease in Butler 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: Meade County (22), Russell County (22), Adair County (21), Wayne County (21), Grant County (20).

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.