Cell towers in McCreary County, KY

The FCC registry lists 11 constructed antenna structures in McCreary County, 0% of Kentucky's 2,887. Ownership is spread across 8 registrants; the largest, Verizon, has 3 (27%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 3 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 11
2Tallest 420 ft
3Largest owner Verizon
4Median height (state 265 ft) 261 ft

Structures

rank 102 of 120 in KY

Most common type

Tower

36% of structures

Over 200 feet

82% of structures

Peak build decade

2000s

36% built then

Who owns the towers in McCreary County

8 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.

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

Height and age

The median structure here stands 261 feet, close to the Kentucky median of 265 feet. The tallest is a tower near Whitley City at 420 feet, built in 1995. More than in any other decade, 36% were built in the 2000s.

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

Structures in McCreary 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
1043060	Tower	420 ft	1995	Whitley City	Cellco Partnership
1043464	Tower	293 ft	1959	Whitley City	South Kentucky Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation
1042231	Guyed tower	288 ft	1995	Whitley City	American Towers LLC
1321833	Lattice tower	264 ft	2026	Parkers Lake	Tillman Infrastructure, LLC
1275397	Lattice tower	262 ft	2010	Pine Knot	SBA Towers III LLC
1233359	Lattice tower	261 ft	2006	Parkers Lake	SBA Infrastructures, LLC
1321872	Lattice tower	259 ft	2025	Pine Knot	Tillman Infrastructure, LLC
1258597	Tower	255 ft	2007	Whitley City	Cellco Partnership
1032038	Tower	216 ft	1962	Greenwood	Norfolk Southern Corporation
1268659	Monopole	135 ft	2009	Parkers Lake	Cellco Partnership
1289484	Water tank	100 ft	2005	Parkers Lake	US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS

If you have a tower lease in McCreary 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: Garrard County (11), Green County (11), Martin County (11), McLean County (11), Montgomery 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.