Kentucky / McLean County

#103 of 120 KY counties · 11 structures

Cell towers in McLean County, KY

The FCC registry lists 11 constructed antenna structures in McLean County, 0% of Kentucky's 2,887. Kenergy Corporation owns 4 of them (36%), 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

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  1. 1Constructed structures 11
  2. 2Tallest 313 ft
  3. 3Largest owner Kenergy Corporation
  4. 4Median height (state 265 ft) 218 ft
Structures
11
rank 103 of 120 in KY
Most common type
Tower
55% of structures
Over 200 feet
8
73% of structures
Peak build decade
2000s
36% built then

Who owns the towers in McLean County

7 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.

Kenergy Corporation4American Tower3Crown Castle2Diamond Communications1TowerCom VI-B, LLC1
Constructed structures in McLean County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 218 feet, 47 feet shorter than the Kentucky median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a tower near Livermore at 313 feet, built in 1997. More than in any other decade, 36% were built in the 2000s.

Tower6Lattice tower4Mast1
Structures in McLean County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
11950s11960s11980s21990s42000s22020s
Structures in McLean 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
1018270Tower313 ft1997LivermoreCrown Castle South LLC
1227610Tower305 ft2000ElbaSpectraSite Communications, LLC. through American Towers, LLC.
1244911Mast305 ft2004CalhounCCATT LLC
1313798Lattice tower270 ft2020IslandDiamond Towers V LLC
1049228Lattice tower239 ft1959CalhounAmerican Towers LLC
1043462Lattice tower218 ft1965SacramentoAmerican Towers LLC
1043552Tower212 ft2009LiviaKenergy Corporation
1043563Tower210 ft2009GuffieKenergy Corporation
1329486Lattice tower199 ft2025CalhounTowerCom VI-B, LLC
1055028Tower154 ft1998Beech GroveKenergy Corporation
1043551Tower82 ft1984SacramentoKenergy Corporation

If you have a tower lease in McLean 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: Green County (11), Martin County (11), McCreary County (11), Montgomery County (11), Bath County (10).

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.