North Carolina / Person County

#60 of 100 NC counties · 27 structures

Cell towers in Person County, NC

The FCC registry lists 27 constructed antenna structures in Person County, 1% of North Carolina's 4,515. American Tower owns 9 of them (33%), 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 12 between them.

Value a buyout offer

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  1. 1Constructed structures 27
  2. 2Tallest 417 ft
  3. 3Largest owner American Tower
  4. 4Median height (state 255 ft) 300 ft
Structures
27
rank 60 of 100 in NC
Most common type
Lattice tower
48% of structures
Over 200 feet
23
85% of structures
Peak build decade
1990s
26% built then

Who owns the towers in Person County

15 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 Tower9North Carolina State Highway3Array Digital Infrastructure2SBA Communications2Duke Energy Business Service2WRXO- ROXBORO BROADCASTING C1Crown Castle1CITY OF ROXBORO1
Constructed structures in Person County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 300 feet, 45 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 Roxboro at 417 feet, built in 1995. More than in any other decade, 26% were built in the 1990s.

Lattice tower13Tower7Guyed tower4Mast1Other or unspecified1Monopole1
Structures in Person County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
71990s72000s72010s52020s
Structures in Person 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
1004860Guyed tower417 ft1995RoxboroAmerican Towers LLC
1003391Lattice tower390 ft1992RoxboroARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1201370Other or unspecified360 ft1999RoxboroCITY OF ROXBORO
1225837Lattice tower325 ft2001StemARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1298995Lattice tower320 ft2016RoxboroNorth Carolina State Highway Patrol
1308218Guyed tower319 ft2020RoxboroTillman Infrastructure, LLC
1319007Lattice tower315 ft2022SemoraDuke Energy Business Services, LLC
1056218Mast312 ft1998TimberlakeAmerican Towers LLC
1056396Tower312 ft1998RoxboroAmerican Towers LLC
1328131Guyed tower309 ft2024RoxboroThe Towers, LLC
1290340Guyed tower308 ft2014SemoraAmerican Towers LLC
1227551Lattice tower307 ft2001RoxboroAmerican Towers LLC
1282093Lattice tower300 ft2013RoxboroNorth Carolina State Highway Patrol
1295315Lattice tower300 ft–RoxboroNorth Carolina State Highway Patrol
1273032Tower265 ft2010RoxboroAmerican Towers LLC
1211828Lattice tower260 ft2001TimberlakeSBA Towers, LLC
1274189Tower260 ft2010RoxboroAmerican Towers LLC
1273140Tower257 ft2010RoxboroTower Development Corporation
1226512Lattice tower256 ft2001RougemontSBA Properties, LLC
1008253Tower252 ft1998RoxboroWRXO- ROXBORO BROADCASTING COMPANY
1274190Lattice tower250 ft2010SemoraAmerican Towers LLC
1228093Lattice tower242 ft2001RoxboroAmerican Towers LLC
1251688Lattice tower231 ft2006Hurdle MillsCellco Partnership
1062768Tower199 ft1998RougemontPinnacle Towers LLC
1320535Lattice tower199 ft2022RougemontRiverStreet Wireless Assets, LLC
1329323Monopole124 ft2025RoxboroDuke Energy Business Services, LLC
1217605Tower37 ft2000TimberlakePERSON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

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