Kentucky / Whitley County

#33 of 120 KY counties · 29 structures

Cell towers in Whitley County, KY

The FCC registry lists 29 constructed antenna structures in Whitley County, 1% of Kentucky's 2,887. Ownership is spread across 20 registrants; the largest, East Kentucky Network, LLC d/b/a Appalachian Wireless, has 7 (24%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 7 between them.

Value a buyout offer

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  1. 1Constructed structures 29
  2. 2Tallest 404 ft
  3. 3Largest owner East Kentucky Network, LLC d/b/a Appalachian Wireless
  4. 4Median height (state 265 ft) 260 ft
Structures
29
rank 33 of 120 in KY
Most common type
Lattice tower
52% of structures
Over 200 feet
23
79% of structures
Peak build decade
2000s
34% built then

Who owns the towers in Whitley County

20 different registrants own the 29 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.

East Kentucky Network, LLC d7Crown Castle6Horvath Communications2American Tower1BELLSOUTH TELECOMUNICATIONS,1LITCHFIELD COUNTY CELLULAR, 1LITCHFIELD COUNTY CELLULAR, 1T-Mobile1
Constructed structures in Whitley County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 260 feet, close to the Kentucky median of 265 feet. The tallest is a tower near Williamsburg at 404 feet, built in 2004. More than in any other decade, 34% were built in the 2000s.

Lattice tower15Tower12Guyed tower1Mast1
Structures in Whitley County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
61990s102000s62010s72020s
Structures in Whitley 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
1245198Tower404 ft2004WilliamsburgCCATT LLC
1204844Tower375 ft1999WilliamsburgCrown Communication LLC
1204258Tower321 ft2000WaldenCrown Communication LLC
1306643Lattice tower310 ft2019FaberEast Kentucky Network, LLC d/b/a Appalachian Wireless
1308008Lattice tower310 ft2019YadenEast Kentucky Network, LLC d/b/a Appalachian Wireless
1308009Lattice tower310 ft2019GausdaleEast Kentucky Network, LLC d/b/a Appalachian Wireless
1321600Lattice tower310 ft2022CorbinEast Kentucky Network, LLC d/b/a Appalachian Wireless
1003734Lattice tower289 ft1996CorbinAmerican Towers LLC
1312486Lattice tower285 ft2020CorbinHorvath Towers V, LLC
1043806Tower274 ft1992CorbinCrown Castle South LLC
1311853Lattice tower270 ft2019SilerVB-S1 Assets, LLC
1269040Tower268 ft2010WilliamsburgWHITLEY COUNTY E-911
1317986Lattice tower265 ft2021WilliamsburgDiamond Towers V LLC
1041884Lattice tower261 ft1998CorbinBELLSOUTH TELECOMUNICATIONS, INC.
1268027Mast260 ft2009WilliamsburgTower Development Corporation
1306870Lattice tower260 ft2020WoffordEast Kentucky Network, LLC d/b/a Appalachian Wireless
1265443Tower255 ft2008CorbinCellco Partnership
1266729Tower255 ft2009CorbinCrown Castle Towers 06-2 LLC
1258813Tower250 ft2007CorbinLondon Radio Service, Inc
1310441Lattice tower240 ft2019WilliamsburgHorvath Towers V, LLC
1270631Tower235 ft2009CorbinEast Kentucky Network, LLC d/b/a Appalachian Wireless
1043812Guyed tower210 ft2001WilliamsburgCrown Castle South LLC
1043635Tower209 ft1995CorbinLITCHFIELD COUNTY CELLULAR, INC. DBA = RAMCELL OF KENTUCKY
1312883Lattice tower200 ft2020WilliamsburgEast Kentucky Network, LLC d/b/a Appalachian Wireless
1309476Lattice tower199 ft2020CorbinPI Tower Development, LLC
1237188Tower195 ft2002WilliamsburgT-Mobile South LLC
1328482Lattice tower182 ft2025WilliamsburgSkyway Towers, LLC
1043633Lattice tower131 ft1991WilliamsburgLITCHFIELD COUNTY CELLULAR, INC. DBA RAMCELL OF KENTUCKY
1257244Tower30 ft2007WilliamsburgWILLIAMSBURG-WHITLEY COUNTY AIRPORT

If you have a tower lease in Whitley 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: Bell County (29), Breathitt County (29), Breckinridge County (29), Bullitt County (28), Shelby County (28).

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.