Missouri / Buchanan County
#38 of 115 MO counties · 40 structures
Cell towers in Buchanan County, MO
The FCC registry lists 40 constructed antenna structures in Buchanan County, 1% of Missouri's 4,527. Ownership is spread across 24 registrants; the largest, American Tower, has 10 (25%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 13 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 40
- 2Tallest 508 ft
- 3Largest owner American Tower
- 4Median height (state 258 ft) 200 ft
Who owns the towers in Buchanan County
24 different registrants own the 40 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.
Height and age
The median structure here stands 200 feet, 58 feet shorter than the Missouri median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a tower near Saint Joseph at 508 feet, built in 1953. More than in any other decade, 48% were built in the 2000s.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000389 | Tower | 508 ft | 1953 | Saint Joseph | St. Joseph TV, LLC |
| 1003927 | Guyed tower | 505 ft | 2015 | Saint Joseph | Midwest Mobile Radio Service Inc |
| 1006728 | Tower | 495 ft | 1981 | Saint Joseph | Eagle Communications, Inc. |
| 1003422 | Guyed tower | 480 ft | 1965 | St Joseph | GTC Uno, LLC |
| 1248076 | Tower | 468 ft | 2005 | Agency | Buchanan County Missouri |
| 1248106 | Tower | 468 ft | 2005 | Dekalb | Buchanan County Missouri |
| 1248150 | Tower | 398 ft | 2005 | St. Joseph | Buchanan County Missouri |
| 1005491 | Lattice tower | 368 ft | 1958 | Dearborn | American Towers LLC |
| 1006989 | Tower | 350 ft | 1984 | Saint Joseph | MIDWEST MOBILE RADIO SERVICE |
| 1246670 | Guyed tower | 348 ft | 2005 | St. Joseph | Midwest Mobile Radio Service |
| 1218135 | Tower | 332 ft | 2000 | Dearborn | American Towers LLC |
| 1006035 | Lattice tower | 325 ft | 1990 | Saint Joseph | MISSOURI, STATE OF |
| 1032678 | Tower | 321 ft | 1997 | Rushville | Global Tower, LLC. through American Towers, LLC |
| 1006990 | Guyed tower | 318 ft | 2015 | Saint Joseph | MIDWEST MOBILE RADIO SERVICE |
| 1221432 | Lattice tower | 263 ft | 2006 | Agency | American Towers LLC |
| 1006991 | Lattice tower | 260 ft | 2019 | Saint Joseph | MIDWEST MOBILE RADIO SERVICE |
| 1224053 | Lattice tower | 254 ft | 2000 | Gower | American Towers LLC |
| 1236788 | Tower | 235 ft | 2003 | St. Joseph | VB-S1 Assets, LLC |
| 1006354 | Tower | 217 ft | 1955 | Saint Joseph | ORAMA INC |
| 1270088 | Monopole | 200 ft | 2006 | Rushville | SBA 2012 TC Assets, LLC |
| 1221422 | Lattice tower | 199 ft | 2000 | Easton | American Towers LLC |
| 1226465 | Tower | 199 ft | 2000 | Rushville | American Towers LLC |
| 1232136 | Pole | 199 ft | 2015 | St. Joseph | Midwest Mobile Radio Service |
| 1257761 | Tower | 199 ft | 2007 | St. Joseph | Evergy Missouri West, Inc. |
| 1221410 | Tower | 198 ft | 2000 | Dekalb | American Towers LLC |
| 1226659 | Lattice tower | 198 ft | 2012 | St Joseph | American Towers LLC |
| 1233810 | Monopole | 197 ft | 2002 | St. Joseph | SBA Structures, LLC |
| 1255766 | Tower | 195 ft | 2007 | St. Joseph | Midwest Mobile Radio Service |
| 1310316 | Lattice tower | 191 ft | 2022 | Faucett | Tillman Infrastructure, LLC |
| 1006534 | Tower | 190 ft | 1996 | Wallace | Private owner (name withheld) |
| 1202220 | Tower | 190 ft | 1978 | St. Joseph | City of St. Joseph Missouri |
| 1050886 | Tower | 175 ft | 2003 | Saint Joseph | Midwest Mobile Radio Service Inc. |
| 1268087 | Tower | 175 ft | 2010 | St Joseph | Vertical Bridge NTCF, LLC |
| 1237044 | Monopole | 164 ft | 2002 | St. Joseph | GoldenState Towers, LLC |
| 1321254 | Monopole | 158 ft | 2022 | Rushville | Parallel Infrastructure III, LLC |
| 1023630 | Lattice tower | 157 ft | 1985 | Saint Joseph | Subcarrier Communications, Inc. |
| 1224297 | Tower | 155 ft | 2000 | St Joseph | Eagle Communications, Inc. |
| 1281882 | Pole | 155 ft | 2003 | Saint Joseph | CCATT LLC |
| 1302454 | Water tank | 132 ft | 2014 | Saint Joseph | American Towers LLC |
| 1202650 | On a building | 100 ft | 1999 | St. Joesph | Private owner (name withheld) |
If you have a tower lease in Buchanan 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: New Madrid County (42), Lincoln County (41), Macon County (41), Saline County (40), Stoddard County (40).
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.