Cell towers in Meade County, KY

The FCC registry lists 22 constructed antenna structures in Meade County, 1% of Kentucky's 2,887. Ownership is spread across 16 registrants; the largest, Verizon, has 4 (18%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 7 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 22
2Tallest 420 ft
3Largest owner Verizon
4Median height (state 265 ft) 255 ft

Structures

rank 46 of 120 in KY

Most common type

Tower

50% of structures

Over 200 feet

73% of structures

Peak build decade

2000s

36% built then

Who owns the towers in Meade County

16 different registrants own the 22 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 Meade County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 255 feet, close to the Kentucky median of 265 feet. The tallest is a tower near Vine Grove at 420 feet, built in 1989. More than in any other decade, 36% were built in the 2000s.

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

Structures in Meade 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
1042281	Tower	420 ft	1989	Vine Grove	K2 Towers III, LLC
1261012	Tower	366 ft	2008	Battletown	Big Rivers Electric Corporation
1056246	Tower	328 ft	1984	Wolf Creek	EMKA Towers
1049227	Lattice tower	324 ft	1971	Payneville	American Towers LLC
1232720	Tower	304 ft	2008	Brandenburg	Meade County Communications, Inc.
1044833	Tower	299 ft	1978	Ekron	KENTUCKY, COMMONWEALTH OF DBA = KY EMERGENCY WARNING SYSTEM KEWS
1261013	Tower	276 ft	2008	Guston	Big Rivers Electric Corporation
1061285	Mast	266 ft	1999	Brandenburg	Crown Castle South LLC
1230213	Lattice tower	259 ft	2014	Bradenburg	American Towers LLC
1320458	Lattice tower	259 ft	2022	Brandenburg	Tillman Infrastructure, LLC
1221515	Tower	255 ft	2001	Lickskillet	Cellco Partnership
1232593	Tower	255 ft	2002	Brandenburg	Cellco Partnership
1303184	Lattice tower	255 ft	2018	Gunston	Cellco Partnership
1042711	Lattice tower	230 ft	1981	Ekron	American Towers LLC
1271424	Lattice tower	227 ft	2009	Flaherty	SBA Monarch Towers III, LLC
1274760	Lattice tower	227 ft	2010	Guston	T-Mobile USA Tower LLC
1204254	Tower	195 ft	2000	Muldraugh	Crown Communication LLC
1043036	Monopole	190 ft	2018	Brandenburg	Cellco Partnership
1200354	Tower	188 ft	1999	Muldraugh	Crown Castle Towers 06-2 LLC
1203596	Tower	175 ft	1974	Muldraugh	Louisville Gas & Electric Company
1317209	Monopole	130 ft	2021	Fort Knox	Boingo Wireless, Inc.
1218289	Pole	50 ft	2001	Fort Knox	Nolin Rural Electric Cooperative Corp

If you have a tower lease in Meade 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: Johnson County (23), Clark County (22), Knox County (22), Russell County (22), Adair County (21).

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.