Cell towers in Adair County, MO

The FCC registry lists 35 constructed antenna structures in Adair County, 1% of Missouri's 4,527. Ownership is spread across 24 registrants; the largest, Array Digital Infrastructure, has 5 (14%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 11 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 35
2Tallest 997 ft
3Largest owner Array Digital Infrastructure
4Median height (state 258 ft) 265 ft

Structures

rank 49 of 115 in MO

Most common type

Lattice tower

40% of structures

Over 200 feet

80% of structures

Peak build decade

2010s

31% built then

Who owns the towers in Adair County

24 different registrants own the 35 structures. 2 are registered to individuals or family trusts, whose names this site withholds. 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 Adair County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 265 feet, close to the Missouri median of 258 feet. The tallest is a structure near Kirksville at 997 feet, built in 1989. More than in any other decade, 31% were built in the 2010s.

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

Structures in Adair 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
1005849	Other or unspecified	997 ft	1989	Kirksville	KIRX INC
1005847	Other or unspecified	492 ft	1989	Kirksville	KIRX, INC
1239220	Tower	490 ft	2004	Kirksville	CARE Broadcasting
1024654	Tower	443 ft	1979	Kirksville	Private owner (name withheld)
1006002	Guyed tower	416 ft	1965	Kirksville	CTI Towers Assets, II, LLC c/o Symphony Towers Infrastructure
1004537	Tower	415 ft	1991	Kirksville	Alltel Corporation
1005848	Other or unspecified	405 ft	1967	Kirksville	KIRX INC
1321885	Guyed tower	361 ft	2023	Brashear	Tillman Infrastructure, LLC
1293741	Guyed tower	349 ft	2015	Kirksville	Mark Twain Communications Company
1229833	Lattice tower	345 ft	2001	Kirksville	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1004147	Lattice tower	330 ft	1992	Kirksville	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1239669	Tower	320 ft	2003	Kirksville	Pinnacle Towers Acquisition LLC
1277167	Guyed tower	318 ft	2011	Kirksville	CCTM2 LLC
1281209	Lattice tower	310 ft	2011	Novinger	American Towers LLC
1005408	Tower	304 ft	1995	Kirksville	C A R E BROADCASTING INC
1274770	Lattice tower	304 ft	2010	Brashear	SBA Towers II LLC
1007393	Tower	294 ft	1977	Kirksville	Rincon Broadcasting Ottumwa Operations LLC
1006235	Lattice tower	265 ft	2023	Kirksville	UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY
1245687	Guyed tower	264 ft	2006	Greentop	SBA 2012 TC Assets, LLC
1325961	Lattice tower	263 ft	2024	Kirksville	ALLTEL Corporation
1280764	Lattice tower	262 ft	2012	Kirksville	SBA Towers IX, LLC
1262714	Lattice tower	260 ft	2008	Novinger	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1270732	Lattice tower	260 ft	2010	Kirksville	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1271703	Guyed tower	260 ft	2010	Brashear	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1064663	Tower	259 ft	1962	Kirksville	COVENANT NETWORK
1265696	Lattice tower	259 ft	2009	Kirksville	SBA Towers II LLC
1308474	Lattice tower	259 ft	2019	Kirksville	Crown Castle Towers 06-2 LLC
1279346	Tower	256 ft	2011	Kirksville	SBA Towers III LLC
1231998	Tower	200 ft	2001	Laplata	American Towers LLC
1312845	Lattice tower	199 ft	2020	Greentop	Horvath Towers V, LLC
1312846	Lattice tower	199 ft	2020	Kirksville	Horvath Towers V, LLC
1229413	Tower	198 ft	2001	Kirksville	American Towers LLC
1312786	Lattice tower	164 ft	2020	Gibbs	Horvath Towers V, LLC
1284325	Pole	130 ft	2012	Kirksville	T-Mobile Central LLC
1274256	Tower	79 ft	2010	Kirksville	Private owner (name withheld)

If you have a tower lease in Adair 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 Missouri with similar tower counts: Washington County (37), Benton County (36), Scott County (36), Cooper County (34), Crawford County (34).

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.