Cell towers in Shelby County, KY

The FCC registry lists 28 constructed antenna structures in Shelby County, 1% of Kentucky's 2,887. Ownership is spread across 21 registrants; the largest, Crown Castle, has 7 (25%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 11 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 28
2Tallest 476 ft
3Largest owner Crown Castle
4Median height (state 265 ft) 286 ft

Structures

rank 35 of 120 in KY

Most common type

Tower

68% of structures

Over 200 feet

82% of structures

Peak build decade

1990s

36% built then

Who owns the towers in Shelby County

21 different registrants own the 28 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 Shelby County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 286 feet, 21 feet taller than the Kentucky median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a guyed tower near Shelbyville at 476 feet, built in 1999. More than in any other decade, 36% were built in the 1990s.

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

Structures in Shelby 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
1041556	Guyed tower	476 ft	1999	Shelbyville	SBA Towers, LLC
1042285	Tower	420 ft	1988	Clay Village	ELBY PARTNERSHIP LTD
1043315	Guyed tower	406 ft	1991	Shelby Co.	Crown Castle South LLC
1002384	Tower	404 ft	1992	Clay Village	Shelby County, Kentucky Fiscal Court
1235138	Tower	364 ft	2003	Simpsonville	EIP Holdings II, LLC
1056915	Tower	351 ft	1998	Edgewood	RADIOLAND INC
1041555	Tower	350 ft	1980	Simpsonville	SBA Towers, LLC
1048809	Tower	335 ft	1990	Shelbyville	Forever Communications, Inc.
1223172	Tower	310 ft	2001	Shelbyville	Crown Communication LLC
1265529	Tower	310 ft	2008	Shelbyville	T-Mobile USA Tower LLC
1031517	Tower	309 ft	1972	Simpsonville	Norfolk Southern Corporation
1246101	Tower	305 ft	2005	Shelbyville	CCATT LLC
1036180	Tower	298 ft	1992	Simpsonville	Crown Castle GT Company, LLC
1036601	Tower	298 ft	1991	Shelbyville	Crown Castle GT Company, LLC
1237145	Tower	275 ft	2002	Shelbyville	T-Mobile USA Tower LLC
1303324	Lattice tower	270 ft	2018	Bagdad	Harmoni Towers LLC
1303097	Lattice tower	269 ft	2018	Frankfort	Tillman Infrastructure LLC
1256273	Tower	265 ft	2007	Shelbyville	SBA Towers II LLC
1001897	Tower	262 ft	2003	Simpsonville	STC Five LLC
1028137	Lattice tower	257 ft	1997	Simpsonville	Crown Castle South LLC
1043455	Tower	244 ft	1974	Mt Eden	Subcarrier Communications, Inc.
1050170	Tower	235 ft	1997	Shelbyville	Telava Wireless, Inc.
1041061	Tower	232 ft	1998	Shelbyville	Crown Castle South LLC
1264769	Tower	199 ft	2008	Clay Village	Global Tower, LLC. through American Towers, LLC
1318197	Lattice tower	199 ft	2016	Waddy	Skyway Towers, LLC
1318198	Lattice tower	195 ft	2019	Shelbyville	Skyway Towers, LLC
1297291	Monopole	190 ft	2015	Simpsonville	PI Tower Development, LLC
1318196	Monopole	185 ft	2016	Shelbyville	Skyway Towers, LLC

If you have a tower lease in Shelby 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: Breckinridge County (29), Whitley County (29), Bullitt County (28), Boyd County (27), Carter County (27).

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.