Cell towers in Madison County, MO

The FCC registry lists 13 constructed antenna structures in Madison County, 0% of Missouri's 4,527. Ownership is spread across 10 registrants; the largest, American Tower, has 3 (23%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 6 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 13
2Tallest 490 ft
3Largest owner American Tower
4Median height (state 258 ft) 314 ft

Structures

rank 107 of 115 in MO

Most common type

Tower

46% of structures

Over 200 feet

92% of structures

Peak build decade

1990s

31% built then

Who owns the towers in Madison County

10 different registrants own the 13 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 Madison County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 314 feet, 56 feet taller than the Missouri median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a tower near Fredericktown at 490 feet, built in 1981. More than in any other decade, 31% were built in the 1990s.

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

Structures in Madison 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
1006432	Tower	490 ft	1981	Fredericktown	M & A ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE
1004257	Tower	423 ft	1994	Fredricktown	SBC TOWER HOLDINGS LLC
1004876	Guyed tower	414 ft	1996	Coldwater	Crown Castle GT Company, LLC
1007090	Tower	383 ft	1985	Fredericktown	Enable Mississippi River Transmission, LLC
1009736	Tower	353 ft	1998	Fredericktown	American Towers LLC
1318204	Guyed tower	329 ft	2021	Marquand	Tillman Infrastructure, LLC
1308424	Lattice tower	314 ft	2019	Fredericktown	Tillman Infrastructure LLC
1325529	Guyed tower	308 ft	2023	Marquand	Vertical Bridge Development, LLC
1004877	Lattice tower	300 ft	1996	Fredricktown	Crown Castle GT Company, LLC
1267860	Tower	290 ft	2009	Fredericktown	American Towers LLC
1264469	Lattice tower	255 ft	2008	Fredericktown	American Towers LLC
1269073	Tower	241 ft	2011	Fredericktown	VB-S1 Assets, LLC
1268164	Lattice tower	198 ft	2009	Fredericktown	SBA Monarch Towers III, LLC

If you have a tower lease in Madison 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: Gentry County (14), Reynolds County (14), Carter County (13), Putnam County (13), DeKalb County (12).

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.