Mississippi / Hancock County
#25 of 82 MS counties · 50 structures
Cell towers in Hancock County, MS
The FCC registry lists 50 constructed antenna structures in Hancock County, 1% of Mississippi's 3,787. American Tower owns 16 of them (32%), 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 30 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 50
- 2Tallest 516 ft
- 3Largest owner American Tower
- 4Median height (state 307 ft) 302 ft
Who owns the towers in Hancock County
26 different registrants own the 50 structures. One is registered to an individual or family trust, whose name 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 302 feet, close to the Mississippi median of 307 feet. The tallest is a tower near Diamond Head at 516 feet, built in 1997. More than in any other decade, 36% were built in the 1990s.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1045212 | Tower | 516 ft | 1997 | Diamond Head | Pinnacle Towers LLC |
| 1039104 | Tower | 499 ft | 1995 | Necaise | Pinnacle Towers LLC |
| 1262904 | Tower | 465 ft | 2011 | Perkinston | American Towers LLC |
| 1040747 | Tower | 428 ft | 1998 | Waveland | Pinnacle Towers LLC |
| 1317163 | Guyed tower | 410 ft | 1992 | Stennis Space Center | Private owner (name withheld) |
| 1219496 | Tower | 370 ft | 2001 | Kiln | Crown Castle South LLC |
| 1302896 | Guyed tower | 370 ft | 2017 | Kiln | TC Tower Acquisitions, LLC |
| 1010133 | Tower | 369 ft | 1997 | Lakeshore | Alltel Corporation |
| 1230119 | Guyed tower | 350 ft | 2013 | Perlington | American Towers LLC |
| 1278747 | Guyed tower | 350 ft | 2016 | Bay St. Louis | Hancock County E-911 Commission |
| 1220993 | Tower | 342 ft | 2001 | Campbell Island | American Towers LLC |
| 1021419 | Tower | 340 ft | 1995 | Lakeshore | Alltel Corporation |
| 1247487 | Tower | 340 ft | 2005 | Perkinston | SBA Towers II LLC |
| 1054839 | Tower | 339 ft | 1998 | Diamondhead | American Towers LLC |
| 1057811 | Guyed tower | 335 ft | 2003 | Bay Saint Louis | American Towers LLC |
| 1315777 | Guyed tower | 335 ft | 2020 | Kiln | Uniti Towers LLC |
| 1018422 | Lattice tower | 330 ft | 1997 | Pearlington | American Towers LLC |
| 1039576 | Tower | 325 ft | 1995 | Fenton | American Towers LLC |
| 1216930 | Tower | 315 ft | 2000 | Waveland | Crown Communication LLC |
| 1310810 | Lattice tower | 314 ft | 2019 | Perkinston | Tillman Infrastructure, LLC |
| 1251310 | Guyed tower | 311 ft | 2006 | Picayune | American Towers LLC |
| 1324101 | Guyed tower | 310 ft | 2023 | Pass Christian | Gulfsouth Tower Holdings Company, LLC |
| 1264868 | Lattice tower | 306 ft | 2008 | Kiln | SBA Towers II LLC |
| 1039572 | Tower | 305 ft | 1992 | Waveland | American Towers LLC |
| 1213135 | Tower | 304 ft | 2000 | Picayune | SBA Properties, LLC |
| 1214860 | Tower | 299 ft | 1979 | Diamondhead | Cable One, Inc. |
| 1290874 | Lattice tower | 291 ft | 2014 | Perkinston | Alltel Corporation |
| 1222685 | Lattice tower | 290 ft | 2001 | Pearlington | Crown Castle South LLC |
| 1234585 | Lattice tower | 287 ft | 2002 | Lakeshore | CCATT LLC |
| 1307119 | Lattice tower | 270 ft | 2019 | Pearlington | Uniti Tower, LLC |
| 1028140 | Guyed tower | 265 ft | 2013 | Bay St. Louis | American Towers, LLC |
| 1218514 | Mast | 260 ft | 2000 | Waveland | Cellco Partnership |
| 1285532 | Lattice tower | 260 ft | 2012 | Kiln | Alltel Corporation |
| 1229894 | Tower | 256 ft | 2005 | Pearlington | SBA 2012 TC Assets, LLC |
| 1206391 | Tower | 230 ft | 1999 | Kiln | American Towers LLC |
| 1039574 | Lattice tower | 225 ft | 1995 | Bay St. Louis | American Towers LLC |
| 1274230 | Tower | 219 ft | 2010 | Kiln | Cooperative Energy |
| 1034467 | Other or unspecified | 215 ft | 2008 | Waveland | American Towers, LLC |
| 1054428 | Guyed tower | 199 ft | 1998 | Bay Saint Louis | American Towers LLC |
| 1238939 | Tower | 199 ft | 1998 | Pearlington | American Towers LLC |
| 1318269 | Monopole | 199 ft | 2021 | Stennis Space Center | MISSISSIPPI POWER COMPANY |
| 1272281 | Monopole | 198 ft | 2010 | Manchester | SBA Towers IV, LLC |
| 1247835 | Tower | 195 ft | 2005 | Necaise | Cooperative Energy |
| 1055631 | Tower | 180 ft | 1998 | Waveland | Alltel Corporation |
| 1236391 | Tower | 153 ft | 1999 | Bay St. Louis | SBA Towers, LLC |
| 1058395 | Tower | 143 ft | 1998 | Nasa | Crown Communication LLC |
| 1302272 | Monopole | 140 ft | 2017 | Diamondhead | American Towers LLC |
| 1313347 | Guyed tower | 124 ft | 2018 | Waveland | CTI Towers Assets II, LLC |
| 1312681 | Monopole | 97 ft | 2020 | Bay St. Louis | ALLTEL Corporation |
| 1206827 | Pole | 85 ft | 1997 | Diamondhead | Diamondhead Water & Sewer District |
If you have a tower lease in Hancock 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 Mississippi with similar tower counts: Copiah County (52), Panola County (52), Jasper County (51), Holmes County (50), Washington County (50).
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.