North Carolina / Cherokee County
#80 of 100 NC counties · 14 structures
Cell towers in Cherokee County, NC
The FCC registry lists 14 constructed antenna structures in Cherokee County, 0% of North Carolina's 4,515. Ownership is spread across 12 registrants; the largest, Verizon, has 3 (21%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 3 between them.
Who owns the towers in Cherokee County
12 different registrants own the 14 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 206 feet, 49 feet shorter than the North Carolina median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a tower near Murphy at 495 feet, built in 2012. More than in any other decade, 43% were built in the 2010s.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1274680 | Tower | 495 ft | 2012 | Murphy | North Carolina State Highway Patrol |
| 1287251 | Lattice tower | 335 ft | 2014 | Murphy | Cellco Partnership |
| 1257674 | Tower | 306 ft | 2007 | Murphy | Cellco Partnership |
| 1290597 | Lattice tower | 255 ft | 2014 | Andrews | American Towers LLC |
| 1314872 | Lattice tower | 234 ft | 2021 | Marble | PI Tower Development LLC, C/O LendLease Americas Inc. |
| 1000282 | Tower | 230 ft | 1997 | Murphy | Crown Atlantic Company, LLC |
| 1318792 | Lattice tower | 214 ft | 2021 | Murphy | Parallel Infrastructure III, LLC |
| 1288980 | Monopole | 199 ft | 2014 | Murphy | SBA Towers VI, LLC |
| 1312451 | Monopole | 199 ft | 2016 | Beaverdam | VB BTS, ll, LLC |
| 1313932 | Monopole | 199 ft | 2019 | Murphy | TowerCom IV, LLC |
| 1321468 | Monopole | 199 ft | 2021 | Murphy | StratCap Wireless Group |
| 1330596 | Monopole | 199 ft | 2026 | Andrews | Vogue Towers II, LLC |
| 1315069 | Monopole | 154 ft | 2021 | Marble | Cellco Partnership |
| 1267403 | Pole | 114 ft | 2009 | Murphy | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
If you have a tower lease in Cherokee 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: Hertford County (17), Macon County (16), Hyde County (15), Jackson County (14), Pamlico County (14).
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.