North Carolina / Alexander County
#64 of 100 NC counties · 25 structures
Cell towers in Alexander County, NC
The FCC registry lists 25 constructed antenna structures in Alexander County, 1% of North Carolina's 4,515. SBA Communications owns 11 of them (44%), 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 21 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 25
- 2Tallest 366 ft
- 3Largest owner SBA Communications
- 4Median height (state 255 ft) 210 ft
Who owns the towers in Alexander County
11 different registrants own the 25 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.
Height and age
The median structure here stands 210 feet, 45 feet shorter than the North Carolina median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a guyed tower near Taylorsville at 366 feet, built in 1995. More than in any other decade, 40% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1004748 | Guyed tower | 366 ft | 1995 | Taylorsville | American Towers LLC |
| 1220899 | Lattice tower | 308 ft | 2000 | Taylorsville | SBA Properties, LLC |
| 1006289 | Guyed tower | 306 ft | 1994 | Taylorsville | Crown Atlantic Company, LLC |
| 1200292 | Lattice tower | 305 ft | 1999 | Taylorsville | SBA Towers, LLC |
| 1264799 | Lattice tower | 302 ft | 2009 | Ellendale | AT&T Mobility Spectrum LLC |
| 1217496 | Lattice tower | 283 ft | 2000 | Taylorsville | SBA Properties, LLC |
| 1220596 | Lattice tower | 283 ft | 2000 | Taylorsville | SBA Properties, LLC |
| 1004726 | Lattice tower | 270 ft | 2014 | Taylorsville | American Towers LLC |
| 1065739 | Tower | 265 ft | 1999 | Vale | SBA Towers, LLC |
| 1026337 | Tower | 256 ft | 1964 | Taylorsville | APPLE CITY BROADCASTING DBA = WACB RADIO |
| 1035371 | Lattice tower | 250 ft | 1997 | Stony Point | American Towers, LLC |
| 1201294 | Tower | 240 ft | 1999 | Taylorsville | Crown Atlantic Company, LLC |
| 1231959 | Tower | 210 ft | 2002 | Hiddenite | Crown Atlantic Company, LLC |
| 1209447 | Monopole | 199 ft | 2000 | Taylorsville | SBA Towers, LLC |
| 1297133 | Monopole | 199 ft | 2016 | Hiddenite | SBA Towers IX, LLC |
| 1297135 | Monopole | 199 ft | 2016 | Taylorsville | SBA Towers IX, LLC |
| 1297140 | Monopole | 199 ft | 2016 | Union Grove | SBA Towers IX, LLC |
| 1297145 | Monopole | 199 ft | 2016 | Hiddenite | SBA Towers IX, LLC |
| 1297164 | Monopole | 199 ft | 2016 | Hiddenite | SBA Towers IX, LLC |
| 1301727 | Lattice tower | 198 ft | 2018 | Taylorsville | Alexander County 911 |
| 1329702 | Lattice tower | 197 ft | 1996 | Taylorsville | Crown Atlantic Company, LLC |
| 1312488 | Lattice tower | 194 ft | 1996 | Taylorsville | American Towers LLC |
| 1286646 | Monopole | 191 ft | 1999 | Taylorsville | Crown Atlantic Company, LLC |
| 1227508 | Tower | 188 ft | 1998 | Charlotte | Pinnacle Towers LLC |
| 1266336 | Other or unspecified | 170 ft | 2009 | Taylorsville | North Carolina State Highway Patrol |
If you have a tower lease in Alexander 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 North Carolina with similar tower counts: Currituck County (26), Northampton County (26), Yadkin County (26), Martin County (25), Montgomery County (24).
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.