Cell towers in Carroll County, KY

The FCC registry lists 12 constructed antenna structures in Carroll County, 0% of Kentucky's 2,887. Crown Castle owns 5 of them (42%), 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 12
2Tallest 669 ft
3Largest owner Crown Castle
4Median height (state 265 ft) 296 ft

Structures

rank 89 of 120 in KY

Most common type

Tower

42% of structures

Over 200 feet

100% of structures

Peak build decade

1990s

42% built then

Who owns the towers in Carroll County

10 different registrants own the 12 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.

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

Height and age

The median structure here stands 296 feet, 31 feet taller than the Kentucky median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a other or unspecified near Ghent at 669 feet, built in 1997. More than in any other decade, 42% were built in the 1990s.

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

Structures in Carroll 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
1044616	Other or unspecified	669 ft	1997	Ghent	KENTUCKY UTILITIES COMPANY
1044405	Guyed tower	320 ft	2021	Carrollton	LaGrange Communications, LLC
1294330	Lattice tower	320 ft	2015	Carrollton	Crown Castle South LLC
1000358	Tower	299 ft	1996	Sanders	Crown Castle GT Company, LLC
1044837	Tower	298 ft	2007	Carrollton	KENTUCKY, COMMONWEALTH OF DBA = KENTUCKY EMERGENCY WARNING SYSTEM KEWS
1036425	Tower	296 ft	1992	Carrollton	Crown Castle GT Company, LLC
1043327	Mast	295 ft	1995	Carrollton	Crown Castle South LLC
1307221	Lattice tower	270 ft	2019	Milton	Diamond Towers V LLC
1207331	Tower	265 ft	2000	Sanders	Crown Communication LLC
1313860	Lattice tower	250 ft	2023	Milton	Skyway Towers, LLC
1060534	Tower	240 ft	1992	Carrollton	Private owner (name withheld)
1235824	Mast	210 ft	2003	Carrollton	Cellco Partnership

If you have a tower lease in Carroll 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: Leslie County (13), Lincoln County (13), Lyon County (13), Clinton County (12), Cumberland County (12).

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.