Mississippi / Leake County

#39 of 82 MS counties · 39 structures

Cell towers in Leake County, MS

The FCC registry lists 39 constructed antenna structures in Leake County, 1% of Mississippi's 3,787. American Tower owns 15 of them (38%), 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 24 between them.

Value a buyout offer

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  1. 1Constructed structures 39
  2. 2Tallest 499 ft
  3. 3Largest owner American Tower
  4. 4Median height (state 307 ft) 349 ft
Structures
39
rank 39 of 82 in MS
Most common type
Tower
41% of structures
Over 200 feet
39
100% of structures
Peak build decade
2010s
41% built then

Who owns the towers in Leake County

14 different registrants own the 39 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.

American Tower15SBA Communications5Alltel4Crown Castle4Tillman Infrastructure3Wireless Communication Commi2CitySwitch II, LLC2BCI Mississippi Broadband, L1
Constructed structures in Leake County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 349 feet, 42 feet taller than the Mississippi median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a tower near Carthage at 499 feet, built in 2011. More than in any other decade, 41% were built in the 2010s.

Tower16Guyed tower16Lattice tower7
Structures in Leake County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
11970s11980s51990s142000s162010s22020s
Structures in Leake 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.TypeHeightBuiltCityOwner
1276697Tower499 ft2011CarthageJohnny Boswell Radio, LLC
1274527Tower470 ft2011PhiladelphiaWireless Communication Commission
1058407Tower443 ft1979CarthageGOODWIN BROADCASTING CO INC DBA = WSSI
1213904Guyed tower413 ft2009CarthageCrown Castle South LLC
1232536Guyed tower412 ft2014CarthageCrown Castle South LLC
1230130Tower405 ft2001CarthageCrown Castle South LLC
1272474Tower370 ft2010KosciuskoWireless Communication Commission
1329109Lattice tower365 ft2025CarthageCitySwitch II, LLC
1040713Tower361 ft1993CarthageCrown Castle South LLC
1271590Guyed tower359 ft2010Walnut GroveSBA Towers V, LLC
1311982Guyed tower356 ft2020Walnut GroveTillman Infrastructure, LLC
1252062Lattice tower353 ft2006Walnut GroveSBA Infrastructures, LLC
1257882Tower350 ft1988CarthageNational Park Service, Natchez Trace Parkway
1272814Guyed tower350 ft2010Walnut GroveAmerican Towers LLC
1055624Tower349 ft1998LenaAlltel Corporation
1055636Tower349 ft1999CarthageAlltel Corporation
1218191Tower349 ft2001EdinburgAmerican Towers LLC
1219777Guyed tower349 ft2012CarthageAmerican Towers LLC
1240473Guyed tower349 ft2003CarthageAmerican Towers LLC
1240474Guyed tower349 ft2004CamdenAmerican Towers LLC
1219051Tower348 ft2010CarthageAmerican Towers LLC
1221925Guyed tower348 ft2012LenaAmerican Towers LLC
1240471Guyed tower347 ft2003ThomastownAmerican Towers LLC
1224738Guyed tower336 ft2001CarthageAmerican Towers LLC
1223928Guyed tower335 ft2004CarthageAmerican Towers LLC
1021516Lattice tower329 ft1996CarthageAlltel Corporation
1236161Tower320 ft2002CarthageAmerican Towers LLC
1303649Lattice tower314 ft2019CarthageTillman Infrastructure, LLC
1310095Guyed tower314 ft2019LenaTillman Infrastructure, LLC
1287711Lattice tower312 ft2013CarthageAlltel Corporation
1295826Guyed tower311 ft2016LenaAmerican Towers LLC
1303138Lattice tower311 ft2017EdinburgAmerican Towers LLC
1240945Guyed tower310 ft2003LenaSBA Structures, LLC
1312426Lattice tower265 ft2019CarthageCitySwitch II, LLC
1042130Tower261 ft1998CarthageBCI Mississippi Broadband, LLC
1267153Tower260 ft2009LenaSBA Monarch Towers I, LLC
1037980Guyed tower252 ft2001CarthageSBA Infrastructures, LLC
1279860Tower240 ft2011CarthageAmerican Towers LLC
1256677Tower209 ft2007CarthageAmerican Towers LLC

If you have a tower lease in Leake 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: Alcorn County (43), Bolivar County (43), Union County (41), Greene County (38), Leflore County (38).

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.