Cell towers in Howard County, MO

The FCC registry lists 15 constructed antenna structures in Howard County, 0% of Missouri's 4,527. Array Digital Infrastructure owns 5 of them (33%), 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 419 ft
3Largest owner Array Digital Infrastructure
4Median height (state 258 ft) 310 ft

Structures

rank 102 of 115 in MO

Most common type

Tower

40% of structures

Over 200 feet

80% of structures

Peak build decade

2000s

40% built then

Who owns the towers in Howard 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 Howard County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 310 feet, 52 feet taller than the Missouri median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a guyed tower near Fayette at 419 feet, built in 1995. More than in any other decade, 40% were built in the 2000s.

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

Structures in Howard 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
1006576	Guyed tower	419 ft	1995	Fayette	Cellco Partnership
1272548	Tower	404 ft	2009	Glasgow	US Army Corps of Engineers
1038713	Tower	383 ft	1978	Glasgow	Classic Cable, Inc dba Suddenlink Communications
1009943	Tower	343 ft	1996	Fayette	Airlink Rural Broadband, LLC
1310732	Lattice tower	340 ft	2020	Armstrong	PI Tower Development, LLC
1004776	Tower	318 ft	1995	Fayette	SBC TOWER HOLDINGS LLC
1258410	Lattice tower	310 ft	2008	New Franklin	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1258641	Lattice tower	310 ft	2008	Fayette	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1309148	Lattice tower	304 ft	2019	Glasgow	PI Tower Development LLC c.o LendLease Americas Inc.
1259977	Lattice tower	260 ft	2008	Fayette	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1262678	Guyed tower	260 ft	2008	Armstrong	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1006868	Tower	243 ft	1992	Howard County	County of Boone
1263240	Lattice tower	199 ft	2008	Glasgow	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1007007	Tower	191 ft	1997	Fayette	American Towers LLC
1041683	Water tank	100 ft	1960	Armstrong	Classic Cable, Inc dba Suddenlink Communications

If you have a tower lease in Howard 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: Chariton County (16), Daviess County (16), Lewis County (16), Ripley County (15), Gentry County (14).

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.