Cell towers in Ray County, MO

The FCC registry lists 17 constructed antenna structures in Ray County, 0% of Missouri's 4,527. American Tower owns 7 of them (41%), 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 9 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 17
2Tallest 345 ft
3Largest owner American Tower
4Median height (state 258 ft) 260 ft

Structures

rank 98 of 115 in MO

Most common type

Tower

47% of structures

Over 200 feet

94% of structures

Peak build decade

2010s

53% built then

Who owns the towers in Ray County

6 different registrants own the 17 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 Ray County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 260 feet, close to the Missouri median of 258 feet. The tallest is a tower near Richmond at 345 feet, built in 2000. Most 53% were built in the 2010s.

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

Structures in Ray 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
1211621	Tower	345 ft	2000	Richmond	American Towers LLC
1047262	Tower	325 ft	1997	Rayville	Cellco Partnership
1299679	Guyed tower	310 ft	2016	Richmond	TowerCo 2013, LLC
1296807	Lattice tower	275 ft	2016	Lawson	Cellco Partnership
1237691	Tower	265 ft	2006	Rayville	Cellco Partnership
1296460	Lattice tower	265 ft	2016	Orrick	Cellco Partnership
1274008	Tower	260 ft	2010	Millville	American Towers LLC
1274009	Tower	260 ft	2010	Richmond	American Towers LLC
1274010	Lattice tower	260 ft	2010	Richmond	American Towers LLC
1250247	Tower	255 ft	2006	Richmond	SBA Infrastructures, LLC
1274011	Lattice tower	255 ft	2010	Hardin	American Towers LLC
1274012	Lattice tower	255 ft	2010	Polo	American Towers LLC
1004019	Lattice tower	250 ft	2013	Richmond	CTI Towers Assets III, LLC
1005500	Lattice tower	243 ft	1960	Knoxville	Cellco Partnership
1252796	Tower	240 ft	2006	Woods Height	SBA Infrastructures, LLC
1007013	Guyed tower	224 ft	2005	Excelsior Springs	American Towers LLC
1018609	Tower	174 ft	1997	Richmond	T-Mobile USA Tower LLC

If you have a tower lease in Ray 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: Knox County (18), Shannon County (18), Harrison County (17), Chariton County (16), Daviess County (16).

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.