North Carolina / Columbus County
#36 of 100 NC counties · 50 structures
Cell towers in Columbus County, NC
The FCC registry lists 50 constructed antenna structures in Columbus County, 1% of North Carolina's 4,515. American Tower owns 15 of them (30%), 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 50
- 2Tallest 1023 ft
- 3Largest owner American Tower
- 4Median height (state 255 ft) 310 ft
Who owns the towers in Columbus County
18 different registrants own the 50 structures. 3 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 310 feet, 55 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 Delco at 1023 feet, built in 2024. More than in any other decade, 38% were built in the 2000s.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1014589 | Guyed tower | 1023 ft | 2024 | Delco | UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA |
| 1236317 | Guyed tower | 500 ft | 2003 | Chadbourn | American Towers LLC |
| 1008388 | Guyed tower | 498 ft | 2015 | Whiteville | TowerCo V Holdings LLC |
| 1061359 | Tower | 498 ft | 1992 | Cerro Gordo | Davidson Media Carolinas Stations, LLC |
| 1004939 | Guyed tower | 420 ft | 1994 | Bolton | American Towers LLC |
| 1004850 | Guyed tower | 415 ft | 2004 | Whiteville | Alltel Corporation |
| 1248790 | Lattice tower | 400 ft | 2005 | Tabor City | Alltel Corporation |
| 1298551 | Lattice tower | 399 ft | 2016 | Nakina | North Carolina State Highway Patrol |
| 1031658 | Guyed tower | 370 ft | 1997 | Riegelwood | American Towers LLC |
| 1007365 | Other or unspecified | 356 ft | 1994 | Whiteville | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1225572 | Lattice tower | 349 ft | 2004 | Chadbourn | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1253305 | Lattice tower | 330 ft | 2006 | Columbus | CCATT LLC |
| 1240540 | Lattice tower | 325 ft | 2003 | Whiteville | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1004970 | Guyed tower | 320 ft | 1995 | Whiteville | American Towers LLC |
| 1015378 | Guyed tower | 320 ft | 1997 | Whiteville | American Towers LLC |
| 1283103 | Other or unspecified | 320 ft | 2017 | Nakina | Columbus County Emergency Services |
| 1324903 | Lattice tower | 320 ft | 2023 | Fair Bluff | Duke Energy Business Services, LLC |
| 1315587 | Guyed tower | 315 ft | 2021 | Cerro Gordo | TowerCom IV, LLC |
| 1062784 | Guyed tower | 314 ft | 2001 | Whiteville | American Towers LLC |
| 1055581 | Guyed tower | 313 ft | 1998 | Whiteville | American Towers LLC |
| 1054082 | Guyed tower | 311 ft | 1998 | Hallsborough | American Towers LLC |
| 1222814 | Guyed tower | 311 ft | 2003 | Evergreen | American Towers LLC |
| 1003897 | Guyed tower | 310 ft | 1995 | Bolton | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1255753 | Tower | 310 ft | 2007 | Fair Bluff | Alltel Corporation |
| 1265946 | Tower | 310 ft | 2009 | Whiteville | Alltel Corporation |
| 1290088 | Lattice tower | 310 ft | 2014 | Chadbourn | American Towers LLC |
| 1291589 | Lattice tower | 310 ft | 2014 | Cerro Gordo | American Towers LLC |
| 1054084 | Guyed tower | 308 ft | 1998 | Bolton | American Towers LLC |
| 1054085 | Guyed tower | 308 ft | 2003 | Bolton | American Towers LLC |
| 1222936 | Lattice tower | 307 ft | 2002 | Chadbourn | American Towers LLC |
| 1054086 | Guyed tower | 306 ft | 1998 | Chadbourn | American Towers LLC |
| 1235262 | Lattice tower | 306 ft | 2002 | Whiteville | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1258722 | Lattice tower | 305 ft | 2007 | Lake Waccamaw | Crown Castle Towers 06-2 LLC |
| 1276985 | Lattice tower | 300 ft | 2010 | Chadbourn | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1002333 | Tower | 282 ft | 2010 | Whiteville | Duke Energy Business Services, LLC |
| 1332424 | Guyed tower | 277 ft | 2026 | Whiteville | Private owner (name withheld) |
| 1248882 | Lattice tower | 265 ft | 2005 | Tabor City | CCATT LLC |
| 1304350 | Lattice tower | 264 ft | 2018 | Tabor City | ALLTEL Corporation |
| 1306010 | Lattice tower | 264 ft | 2021 | Nakina | VB BTS, ll, LLC |
| 1310315 | Lattice tower | 264 ft | 2020 | Riegelwood | TowerCom IV, LLC |
| 1253876 | Tower | 256 ft | 2006 | Columbus | Crown Castle Tower 05 LLC |
| 1257159 | Tower | 256 ft | 2007 | Willimington | Crown Castle Tower 05 LLC |
| 1253542 | Tower | 219 ft | 2006 | Whiteville | CCATT LLC |
| 1011339 | Tower | 198 ft | 1965 | Fair Bluff | Private owner (name withheld) |
| 1311053 | Monopole | 194 ft | 2019 | Cerro Gordo | TowerCom IV, LLC |
| 1295548 | Monopole | 169 ft | 2017 | Whiteville | Alltel Corporation |
| 1327183 | Monopole | 124 ft | 2024 | Whiteville | Duke Energy Business Services, LLC |
| 1024960 | Pole | 66 ft | 1960 | Whiteville | NORTH CAROLINA, STATE OF |
| 1229286 | Tower | 33 ft | 2002 | Whiteville | Private owner (name withheld) |
| 1331042 | Lattice tower | 33 ft | 2026 | Whiteville | Columbus County |
If you have a tower lease in Columbus 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: Bladen County (56), Beaufort County (55), Franklin County (52), Moore County (50), Lenoir County (49).
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.