North Carolina / Anson County

#59 of 100 NC counties · 27 structures

Cell towers in Anson County, NC

The FCC registry lists 27 constructed antenna structures in Anson County, 1% of North Carolina's 4,515. American Tower owns 10 of them (37%), 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 16 between them.

Value a buyout offer

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  1. 1Constructed structures 27
  2. 2Tallest 418 ft
  3. 3Largest owner American Tower
  4. 4Median height (state 255 ft) 308 ft
Structures
27
rank 59 of 100 in NC
Most common type
Lattice tower
44% of structures
Over 200 feet
25
93% of structures
Peak build decade
1990s
41% built then

Who owns the towers in Anson County

13 different registrants own the 27 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 Tower10SBA Communications5STC Two LLC3North Carolina State Highway2Crown Castle1Pee Dee Electric Membership 1INSPIRATIONAL DELIVERANCE CE1NORTH CAROLINA STATE HIGHWAY1
Constructed structures in Anson County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 308 feet, 53 feet taller than the North Carolina median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a guyed tower near Wadesboro at 418 feet, built in 2018. More than in any other decade, 41% were built in the 1990s.

Lattice tower12Tower8Guyed tower5Other or unspecified1Monopole1
Structures in Anson County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
11980s111990s92000s52010s12020s
Structures in Anson 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
1303316Guyed tower418 ft2018WadesboroPositive Alternative Radio, Inc.
1306805Lattice tower398 ft2019LilesvilleDuke Energy Business Services, LLC
1323047Lattice tower380 ft2023PolktonNorth Carolina State Highway Patrol
1008453Other or unspecified340 ft1992WadesboroNORTH CAROLINA STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
1001743Tower320 ft1984WadesboroPee Dee Electric Membership Corporation
1206365Lattice tower318 ft2000LilesvilleAmerican Towers LLC
1061945Tower316 ft1999MorvenAmerican Towers LLC
1003870Guyed tower315 ft1991WadesboroAmerican Towers LLC
1242381Guyed tower311 ft2004MorvenSBA Towers IV, LLC
1000271Tower309 ft1997WadesboroCrown Atlantic Company, LLC
1050421Lattice tower308 ft1998PolktonAmerican Towers LLC
1052476Lattice tower308 ft1998PeachlandAmerican Towers LLC
1062752Guyed tower308 ft1999WadesboroAmerican Towers LLC
1063783Guyed tower308 ft1999WadesboroAmerican Towers LLC
1219619Lattice tower308 ft2000WadesboroSBA Towers, LLC
1219737Tower308 ft2000NorwoodSBA Properties, LLC
1050420Lattice tower307 ft1998LilesvilleAmerican Towers LLC
1220060Lattice tower285 ft2000WadesboroSBA Towers, LLC
1220481Lattice tower283 ft2001WadesboroSBA Properties, LLC
1059134Lattice tower273 ft1999PeachlandAmerican Towers LLC
1008947Lattice tower272 ft2015McfarlanNorth Carolina State Highway Patrol
1202051Tower262 ft2010PeachlandSTC Two LLC
1208241Tower258 ft2000WadesboroAmerican Towers LLC
1217624Tower257 ft2000OakboroSTC Two LLC
1210710Lattice tower229 ft2000AnsonvilleSTC Two LLC
1311159Monopole199 ft2019PeachlandVB BTS III, LLC
1006364Tower121 ft1994WadesboroINSPIRATIONAL DELIVERANCE CENTER INC

If you have a tower lease in Anson 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: Vance County (29), Bertie County (28), Jones County (28), Person County (27), Currituck County (26).

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.