Cell towers in Monroe County, KY

The FCC registry lists 15 constructed antenna structures in Monroe County, 1% of Kentucky's 2,887. Verizon owns 6 of them (40%), 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

1Constructed structures 15
2Tallest 420 ft
3Largest owner Verizon
4Median height (state 265 ft) 255 ft

Structures

rank 76 of 120 in KY

Most common type

Tower

67% of structures

Over 200 feet

80% of structures

Peak build decade

2000s

47% built then

Who owns the towers in Monroe County

10 different registrants own the 15 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 Monroe 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 guyed tower near Mt. Herman at 420 feet, built in 2000. More than in any other decade, 47% were built in the 2000s.

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

Structures in Monroe 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
1215547	Guyed tower	420 ft	2000	Mt. Herman	Cellco Partnership
1041300	Tower	345 ft	2000	Tompkinsville	Texas Eastern Communications, LLC
1333581	Guyed tower	315 ft	2026	Fountain Run	Horvath Towers VI, LLC
1044822	Tower	298 ft	2007	Tompkinsville	KENTUCKY, COMMONWEALTH OF DBA = KY EMERGENCY WARNING SYSTEM KEWS
1065560	Tower	296 ft	1999	Tompkinsville	Cellco Partnership
1042225	Guyed tower	284 ft	1996	Tompkinsville	American Towers LLC
1326072	Lattice tower	270 ft	2024	Flippin	VB-S1 Assets, LLC
1258492	Tower	255 ft	2007	Tompkinsville	Cellco Partnership
1263385	Tower	255 ft	2008	Tompkinsville	Cellco Partnership
1278911	Tower	255 ft	2011	Hestand	Cellco Partnership
1043447	Tower	230 ft	2009	Tompkinsville	TVT III, LLC
1043026	Tower	220 ft	1991	Tompkinsville	Frank Keeton Aircasters, Inc.
1327940	Monopole	199 ft	2022	Tompkinsville	VB BTS, ll, LLC
1055079	Tower	198 ft	2004	Glasgow	Somerset Educational Broadcasting Foundation
1273499	Tower	148 ft	2010	Tompkinsville	Cellco Partnership

If you have a tower lease in Monroe 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: Metcalfe County (16), Fleming County (15), Mercer County (15), Webster County (15), Wolfe County (15).

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.