North Carolina / Rowan County
#32 of 100 NC counties · 57 structures
Cell towers in Rowan County, NC
The FCC registry lists 57 constructed antenna structures in Rowan County, 1% of North Carolina's 4,515. Ownership is spread across 29 registrants; the largest, SBA Communications, has 12 (21%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 33 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 57
- 2Tallest 1505 ft
- 3Largest owner SBA Communications
- 4Median height (state 255 ft) 228 ft
Who owns the towers in Rowan County
29 different registrants own the 57 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 228 feet, 27 feet shorter than the North Carolina median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a guyed tower near Cleveland at 1505 feet, built in 1988. More than in any other decade, 40% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1008245 | Guyed tower | 1505 ft | 1988 | Cleveland | American Towers LLC |
| 1023508 | Guyed tower | 1022 ft | 1997 | China Grove | American Tower LLC |
| 1045351 | Guyed tower | 680 ft | 2016 | Clevland | American Towers LLC |
| 1009591 | Guyed tower | 504 ft | 1988 | Granite Quarry | Pinnacle Towers LLC |
| 1006753 | Tower | 415 ft | 1987 | Kannapolis | Pinnacle Towers LLC |
| 1286321 | Lattice tower | 395 ft | 2014 | Richfield | North Carolina State Highway Patrol |
| 1008973 | Lattice tower | 372 ft | 1952 | Cleveland | American Towers LLC |
| 1046113 | Lattice tower | 348 ft | 1996 | Salisbury | American Towers LLC |
| 1291607 | Lattice tower | 325 ft | 2015 | China Grove | Rowan, County of |
| 1008093 | Guyed tower | 322 ft | 2015 | Salisbury | TowerCo V Holdings LLC |
| 1005919 | Lattice tower | 317 ft | 1999 | Rockwell | Crown Castle South LLC |
| 1014555 | Lattice tower | 315 ft | 2015 | Salisbury | NORTH CAROLINA STATE HIGHWAY PATROL |
| 1042960 | Lattice tower | 314 ft | 1998 | Kannapolis | KANNAPOLIS, CITY OF |
| 1046862 | Lattice tower | 312 ft | 1995 | China Grove | American Towers LLC |
| 1064647 | Guyed tower | 310 ft | 1999 | Mooresville | SBA Towers, LLC |
| 1006628 | Tower | 308 ft | 1984 | Rockwell | Two Way Radio Of Carolina |
| 1006733 | Tower | 307 ft | 1939 | Salisbury | 2B Productions, LLC |
| 1064649 | Lattice tower | 290 ft | 1999 | Cleveland | SBA Towers, LLC |
| 1005918 | Lattice tower | 287 ft | 1996 | Salisbury | Crown Castle South LLC |
| 1003366 | Tower | 283 ft | 1996 | China Grove | SBA Towers II LLC |
| 1216673 | Lattice tower | 283 ft | 2000 | China Grove | SBA Properties, LLC |
| 1003238 | Lattice tower | 281 ft | 2012 | Salisbury | Pinnacle Towers LLC |
| 1001514 | Lattice tower | 272 ft | 1994 | Salisbury | Duke Energy Business Services, LLC |
| 1003141 | Other or unspecified | 267 ft | 1948 | Salisbury | 2B Productions, LLC |
| 1064642 | Tower | 265 ft | 1999 | Salisbury | SBA Towers, LLC |
| 1064644 | Lattice tower | 265 ft | 1999 | Mount Ulla | SBA Towers, LLC |
| 1064646 | Lattice tower | 236 ft | 1999 | Salisbury | SBA Towers, LLC |
| 1222579 | Lattice tower | 230 ft | 2001 | Salisbury | SBA Properties, LLC |
| 1201282 | Monopole | 228 ft | 1999 | Rockwell | SBA Towers, LLC |
| 1003084 | Tower | 225 ft | 1996 | China Grove | Global Signal Acquisitions LLC |
| 1061437 | Tower | 222 ft | 1980 | China Grove | SOUTH ROWAN BROADCASTING |
| 1008451 | Lattice tower | 220 ft | 2018 | Faith | NORTH CAROLINA STATE HIGHWAY PATROL |
| 1041305 | Lattice tower | 220 ft | 1993 | Gold Hill | American Towers LLC |
| 1276563 | Tower | 216 ft | 2011 | Salisbury | STC Two LLC |
| 1003142 | Other or unspecified | 207 ft | 1950 | Salisbury | 2B Productions, LLC |
| 1003140 | Other or unspecified | 206 ft | 1950 | Salisbury | 2B Productions, LLC |
| 1021782 | Lattice tower | 201 ft | 1965 | Salisbury | Norfolk Southern Corporation |
| 1245944 | Monopole | 200 ft | 2005 | China Grove | SBA Infrastructure, LLC |
| 1266508 | Monopole | 199 ft | 2008 | Spencer | American Towers LLC |
| 1298658 | Monopole | 199 ft | 2016 | Salisbury | APC Towers, LLC |
| 1315088 | Monopole | 199 ft | 2020 | Gold Hill | TowerCom IV, LLC |
| 1295102 | Lattice tower | 198 ft | 1983 | China Grove | Duke Energy Business Services, LLC |
| 1023579 | Other or unspecified | 194 ft | 1997 | China Grove | American Towers, LLC |
| 1249283 | Monopole | 193 ft | 2005 | Kannapolis | SBA Towers V, LLC |
| 1027823 | Lattice tower | 187 ft | 1997 | Mount Ulla | American Towers LLC |
| 1064291 | Water tank | 187 ft | 1998 | Salisbury | SALISBURY, CITY OF |
| 1003843 | Tower | 186 ft | 1991 | Salisbury | American Towers LLC |
| 1276584 | Monopole | 180 ft | 2010 | Salisbury | Crown Castle Towers 06-2 LLC |
| 1238705 | Monopole | 169 ft | 2003 | Salisbury | SBA Towers V, LLC |
| 1238307 | Tower | 165 ft | 2003 | Salisbury | Global Signal Acquisitions LLC |
| 1000311 | Tower | 163 ft | 1996 | Salisbury | Global Signal Acquisitions LLC |
| 1057929 | Tower | 157 ft | 1998 | Salisbury | American Towers LLC |
| 1298659 | Monopole | 155 ft | 2016 | Salisbury | APC Towers, LLC |
| 1234871 | Monopole | 126 ft | 2003 | Salisbury | Duke Energy Business Services, llc |
| 1288882 | Lattice tower | 100 ft | 2013 | Salisbury | Rowan, County of |
| 1296900 | Monopole | 63 ft | 2016 | Salisbury | Norfolk Southern Railway Company |
| 1065258 | Tower | 33 ft | 1999 | Salisbury | NORTH CAROLINA, STATE OF |
If you have a tower lease in Rowan 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: Rockingham County (59), Wilson County (58), Harnett County (57), Bladen County (56), Beaufort County (55).
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.