Tower Landlord

Kentucky / Fulton County

#98 of 120 KY counties · 11 structures

Cell towers in Fulton County, KY

The FCC registry lists 11 constructed antenna structures in Fulton County, 0% of Kentucky's 2,887. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY owns 6 of them (55%), 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 1 between them.

Value a buyout offer

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  1. 1Constructed structures 11
  2. 2Tallest 348 ft
  3. 3Largest owner ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY
  4. 4Median height (state 265 ft) 190 ft
Structures
11
rank 98 of 120 in KY
Most common type
Lattice tower
27% of structures
Over 200 feet
5
45% of structures
Peak build decade
2010s
73% built then

Who owns the towers in Fulton County

6 different registrants own the 11 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.

ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD CO6Thunderbolt Broadcasting Com1Kentucky RSA No. 1 Partnersh1American Tower1Capital Telecom Holdings LLC1BELLSOUTH TELECOMUNICATIONS,1
Constructed structures in Fulton County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 190 feet, 75 feet shorter than the Kentucky median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a tower near Cayce at 348 feet, built in 1994. Most 73% were built in the 2010s.

Lattice tower3Monopole3Tower2Mast2Guyed tower1
Structures in Fulton County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
21990s82010s12020s
Structures in Fulton 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
1251303Tower348 ft1994CayceThunderbolt Broadcasting Company
1295361Lattice tower320 ft2015FultonILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY
1282534Tower300 ft2012HickmanKentucky RSA No. 1 Partnership
1300975Guyed tower300 ft2020FultonCapital Telecom Holdings LLC
1285641Lattice tower256 ft2012FultonAmerican Towers LLC
1304181Lattice tower190 ft1999FultonBELLSOUTH TELECOMUNICATIONS, INC.
1300052Monopole66 ft2016FultonILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY
1311047Mast66 ft2019FultonILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY
1312836Mast66 ft2019FultonILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY
1304824Monopole65 ft2015FultonILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY
1294532Monopole60 ft2015FultonILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY

If you have a tower lease in Fulton 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: Union County (12), Edmonson County (11), Estill County (11), Garrard County (11), Green County (11).

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.