North Carolina / Montgomery County
#66 of 100 NC counties · 24 structures
Cell towers in Montgomery County, NC
The FCC registry lists 24 constructed antenna structures in Montgomery County, 1% of North Carolina's 4,515. Ownership is spread across 15 registrants; the largest, Crown Castle, has 5 (21%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 10 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 24
- 2Tallest 415 ft
- 3Largest owner Crown Castle
- 4Median height (state 255 ft) 278 ft
Who owns the towers in Montgomery County
15 different registrants own the 24 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 278 feet, 23 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 Troy at 415 feet, built in 1995. More than in any other decade, 46% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1062221 | Guyed tower | 415 ft | 1995 | Troy | Crown Atlantic Company, LLC |
| 1270881 | Other or unspecified | 400 ft | 2010 | Biscoe | North Carolina State Highway Patrol |
| 1326294 | Lattice tower | 350 ft | 2023 | Candor | Duke Energy Business Services, LLC |
| 1006894 | Lattice tower | 323 ft | 1965 | Biscoe | Connect Holding LLC d/b/a Brightspeed |
| 1008948 | Lattice tower | 322 ft | 2015 | Mt Gilead | North Carolina State Highway Patrol |
| 1290190 | Guyed tower | 310 ft | 2014 | Mt. Gilead | Duke Energy Business Services, LLC |
| 1226005 | Guyed tower | 307 ft | 2001 | Candor | SBA Properties, LLC |
| 1254130 | Tower | 306 ft | 2006 | Candor | CCATT LLC |
| 1246595 | Mast | 305 ft | 2005 | Mt. Gilead | CCATT LLC |
| 1050012 | Guyed tower | 297 ft | 1998 | Candor | AT&T Mobility Spectrum LLC |
| 1258628 | Tower | 290 ft | 2008 | Mount Gilead | AT&T Mobility Spectrum LLC |
| 1243629 | Guyed tower | 284 ft | 2004 | Seagrove | SBA Structures, LLC |
| 1228373 | Guyed tower | 271 ft | 2001 | Biscoe | American Towers LLC |
| 1220446 | Monopole | 264 ft | 2001 | Troy | New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC |
| 1290319 | Lattice tower | 260 ft | 2014 | Troy | Horvath Towers III, LLC |
| 1209442 | Tower | 256 ft | 2000 | Candor | STC Two LLC |
| 1229446 | Lattice tower | 254 ft | 2001 | Steeds | SBA Properties, LLC |
| 1228299 | Monopole | 238 ft | 2001 | Mount Gilead | American Towers LLC |
| 1019849 | Tower | 234 ft | 1999 | Candor | Crown Atlantic Company, LLC |
| 1010520 | Lattice tower | 220 ft | 1990 | Uwharrie | NORTH CAROLINA STATE HIGHWAY PATROL |
| 1228048 | Tower | 199 ft | 1998 | Troy | Pinnacle Towers LLC |
| 1322820 | Monopole | 199 ft | 2022 | Candor | TowerCom IV-B, LLC |
| 1322430 | Monopole | 154 ft | 2022 | Mt. Gilead | TowerCom IV-B, LLC |
| 1002394 | Guyed tower | 125 ft | 2009 | Biscoe | Duke Energy Business Services, LLC |
If you have a tower lease in Montgomery 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: Yadkin County (26), Alexander County (25), Martin County (25), Scotland County (24), Granville County (23).
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.