North Carolina / Chatham County
#39 of 100 NC counties · 48 structures
Cell towers in Chatham County, NC
The FCC registry lists 48 constructed antenna structures in Chatham County, 1% of North Carolina's 4,515. Ownership is spread across 24 registrants; the largest, SBA Communications, has 10 (21%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 18 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 48
- 2Tallest 1294 ft
- 3Largest owner SBA Communications
- 4Median height (state 255 ft) 304 ft
Who owns the towers in Chatham County
24 different registrants own the 48 structures. 2 are registered to individuals or family trusts, whose names 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 304 feet, 49 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 Chapel Hill at 1294 feet, built in 2024. More than in any other decade, 35% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1014574 | Guyed tower | 1294 ft | 2024 | Chapel Hill | UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA |
| 1004906 | Tower | 415 ft | 1993 | Siler City | American Towers LLC |
| 1004943 | Guyed tower | 415 ft | 2004 | Pittsboro | American Towers LLC |
| 1323252 | Lattice tower | 400 ft | 2022 | Pittsboro | Chatham County |
| 1309710 | Lattice tower | 395 ft | 2019 | Pittsboro | North Carolina State Highway Patrol |
| 1315109 | Lattice tower | 370 ft | 2021 | Pittsboro | Chatham County |
| 1317143 | Lattice tower | 356 ft | 2021 | Moncure | Chatham County |
| 1008574 | Tower | 350 ft | 1996 | Siler City | Private owner (name withheld) |
| 1314091 | Lattice tower | 340 ft | 2021 | Siler City | Chatham County |
| 1274948 | Tower | 327 ft | 2010 | Moncure | US Army Corps of Engineers |
| 1253476 | Tower | 320 ft | 2006 | Siler City | Chatham County Emergency Operations |
| 1065252 | Lattice tower | 316 ft | 1999 | Siler City | SBA Towers, LLC |
| 1064929 | Lattice tower | 315 ft | 1999 | Siler City | SBA Towers, LLC |
| 1204631 | Lattice tower | 315 ft | 1999 | Pittsboro | SBA Sites, LLC |
| 1314912 | Lattice tower | 315 ft | 2021 | Siler City | Chatham County |
| 1056811 | Lattice tower | 312 ft | 1998 | Pittsboro | American Towers LLC |
| 1006089 | Guyed tower | 311 ft | 1995 | Apex | American Towers LLC |
| 1310069 | Guyed tower | 311 ft | 2022 | Pittsboro | Tillman Infrastructure, LLC |
| 1003507 | Lattice tower | 310 ft | 1993 | Siler City | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1003508 | Other or unspecified | 310 ft | 1994 | Pittsboro | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1315509 | Lattice tower | 310 ft | 2021 | Goldston | Chatham County |
| 1064925 | Lattice tower | 307 ft | 1999 | Siler City | SBA Towers, LLC |
| 1200666 | Lattice tower | 306 ft | 2000 | Siler City | SBA Towers, LLC |
| 1004972 | Guyed tower | 304 ft | 2004 | New Hill | American Towers LLC |
| 1213874 | Lattice tower | 303 ft | 2000 | Sanford | SBA Properties, LLC |
| 1006630 | Other or unspecified | 270 ft | 1992 | Pittsboro | NCTC Series 3, LLC |
| 1032355 | Other or unspecified | 266 ft | 1995 | New Hill | American Towers, LLC |
| 1064923 | Lattice tower | 258 ft | 1999 | Siler City | SBA Towers, LLC |
| 1003510 | Lattice tower | 255 ft | 2004 | Goldston | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1018276 | Lattice tower | 250 ft | 1997 | New Hill | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1027605 | Tower | 250 ft | 1980 | Pittsboro | Private owner (name withheld) |
| 1023132 | Lattice tower | 230 ft | 1997 | Durham | American Towers LLC |
| 1279701 | Tower | 220 ft | 2011 | Siler City | CHATHAM COUNTY, NC |
| 1232476 | Monopole | 200 ft | 2001 | Apex | SBA Properties, LLC |
| 1264778 | Lattice tower | 200 ft | 2008 | Moncure | American Towers, LLC |
| 1065728 | Monopole | 199 ft | 1999 | Pittsboro | SBA Properties, LLC |
| 1231870 | Lattice tower | 199 ft | 2002 | Apex | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1232489 | Monopole | 199 ft | 2001 | Apex | SBA Properties, LLC |
| 1236745 | Other or unspecified | 199 ft | 2002 | Pittsboro | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1308401 | Monopole | 199 ft | 2019 | Pittsboro | EIP Holdings II, LLC |
| 1322526 | Monopole | 199 ft | 2022 | Pittsboro | TowerCo 2013 LLC |
| 1332925 | Monopole | 199 ft | 2026 | Siler City | 1A Towers, LLC |
| 1044491 | Tower | 197 ft | 1998 | Moncure | STC Two LLC |
| 1302987 | Guyed tower | 196 ft | 1952 | Siler City | Chatham Broadcasting Co., Inc. of Siler City |
| 1008953 | Tower | 170 ft | 2009 | Siler City | TVT III, LLC |
| 1211753 | Tower | 120 ft | 2001 | Siler City | Siler City, City of |
| 1282876 | Tower | 110 ft | 1987 | Siler City | Town of Siler City |
| 1276322 | Tower | 33 ft | 2011 | Siler City | NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION - DIVISION OF AVIATION |
If you have a tower lease in Chatham 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: Columbus County (50), Moore County (50), Lenoir County (49), Edgecombe County (46), Henderson County (45).
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.