Cell towers in Knox County, MO

The FCC registry lists 18 constructed antenna structures in Knox County, 0% of Missouri's 4,527. Array Digital Infrastructure owns 9 of them (50%), 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 2 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 18
2Tallest 420 ft
3Largest owner Array Digital Infrastructure
4Median height (state 258 ft) 302 ft

Structures

rank 95 of 115 in MO

Most common type

Guyed tower

67% of structures

Over 200 feet

89% of structures

Peak build decade

2010s

33% built then

Who owns the towers in Knox County

10 different registrants own the 18 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 Knox County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 302 feet, 44 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 Knox City at 420 feet, built in 1994. More than in any other decade, 33% were built in the 2010s.

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

Structures in Knox 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
1004544	Guyed tower	420 ft	1994	Knox City	American Towers LLC
1261988	Guyed tower	349 ft	2008	Baring	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1329280	Lattice tower	339 ft	2025	Baring	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1307802	Guyed tower	335 ft	2019	Edina	Tillman Infrastructure, LLC
1268165	Guyed tower	320 ft	2012	Novelty	SBA Monarch Towers III, LLC
1004151	Guyed tower	315 ft	1995	Edina	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1250842	Guyed tower	315 ft	2005	Newark	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1262683	Guyed tower	312 ft	2008	Hurdland	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1270659	Lattice tower	310 ft	2010	Novelty	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1006229	Guyed tower	293 ft	2016	Edina	UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY
1329328	Lattice tower	289 ft	2025	Plevna	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1012520	Guyed tower	270 ft	1965	Baring	NORTHEAST MISSOURI ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE
1299413	Guyed tower	260 ft	2016	La Belle	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1329076	Lattice tower	260 ft	2025	Rutledge	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1012521	Guyed tower	225 ft	1970	Edina	Northeast Missouri Electric Power Cooperative
1310555	Guyed tower	220 ft	2019	Baring	BNSF Railway Co.
1312748	Lattice tower	199 ft	2020	Edina	Horvath Towers V, LLC
1314828	Lattice tower	199 ft	2020	Edina	Mark Twain Communications Company

If you have a tower lease in Knox 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: Dade County (18), Grundy County (18), Hickory County (18), Shannon County (18), Harrison County (17).

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.