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.

Value a buyout offer

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  1. 1Constructed structures 57
  2. 2Tallest 1505 ft
  3. 3Largest owner SBA Communications
  4. 4Median height (state 255 ft) 228 ft
Structures
57
rank 32 of 100 in NC
Most common type
Lattice tower
39% of structures
Over 200 feet
37
65% of structures
Peak build decade
1990s
40% built then

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.

SBA Communications12American Tower12Crown Castle92B Productions, LLC4Norfolk Southern2Duke Energy Business Service2NORTH CAROLINA STATE HIGHWAY2Rowan, County of2
Constructed structures in Rowan County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

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.

Lattice tower22Tower13Monopole11Guyed tower6Other or unspecified4Water tank1
Structures in Rowan County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
31950s11960s61980s231990s82000s132010s12020s
Structures in Rowan 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
1008245Guyed tower1505 ft1988ClevelandAmerican Towers LLC
1023508Guyed tower1022 ft1997China GroveAmerican Tower LLC
1045351Guyed tower680 ft2016ClevlandAmerican Towers LLC
1009591Guyed tower504 ft1988Granite QuarryPinnacle Towers LLC
1006753Tower415 ft1987KannapolisPinnacle Towers LLC
1286321Lattice tower395 ft2014RichfieldNorth Carolina State Highway Patrol
1008973Lattice tower372 ft1952ClevelandAmerican Towers LLC
1046113Lattice tower348 ft1996SalisburyAmerican Towers LLC
1291607Lattice tower325 ft2015China GroveRowan, County of
1008093Guyed tower322 ft2015SalisburyTowerCo V Holdings LLC
1005919Lattice tower317 ft1999RockwellCrown Castle South LLC
1014555Lattice tower315 ft2015SalisburyNORTH CAROLINA STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
1042960Lattice tower314 ft1998KannapolisKANNAPOLIS, CITY OF
1046862Lattice tower312 ft1995China GroveAmerican Towers LLC
1064647Guyed tower310 ft1999MooresvilleSBA Towers, LLC
1006628Tower308 ft1984RockwellTwo Way Radio Of Carolina
1006733Tower307 ft1939Salisbury2B Productions, LLC
1064649Lattice tower290 ft1999ClevelandSBA Towers, LLC
1005918Lattice tower287 ft1996SalisburyCrown Castle South LLC
1003366Tower283 ft1996China GroveSBA Towers II LLC
1216673Lattice tower283 ft2000China GroveSBA Properties, LLC
1003238Lattice tower281 ft2012SalisburyPinnacle Towers LLC
1001514Lattice tower272 ft1994SalisburyDuke Energy Business Services, LLC
1003141Other or unspecified267 ft1948Salisbury2B Productions, LLC
1064642Tower265 ft1999SalisburySBA Towers, LLC
1064644Lattice tower265 ft1999Mount UllaSBA Towers, LLC
1064646Lattice tower236 ft1999SalisburySBA Towers, LLC
1222579Lattice tower230 ft2001SalisburySBA Properties, LLC
1201282Monopole228 ft1999RockwellSBA Towers, LLC
1003084Tower225 ft1996China GroveGlobal Signal Acquisitions LLC
1061437Tower222 ft1980China GroveSOUTH ROWAN BROADCASTING
1008451Lattice tower220 ft2018FaithNORTH CAROLINA STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
1041305Lattice tower220 ft1993Gold HillAmerican Towers LLC
1276563Tower216 ft2011SalisburySTC Two LLC
1003142Other or unspecified207 ft1950Salisbury2B Productions, LLC
1003140Other or unspecified206 ft1950Salisbury2B Productions, LLC
1021782Lattice tower201 ft1965SalisburyNorfolk Southern Corporation
1245944Monopole200 ft2005China GroveSBA Infrastructure, LLC
1266508Monopole199 ft2008SpencerAmerican Towers LLC
1298658Monopole199 ft2016SalisburyAPC Towers, LLC
1315088Monopole199 ft2020Gold HillTowerCom IV, LLC
1295102Lattice tower198 ft1983China GroveDuke Energy Business Services, LLC
1023579Other or unspecified194 ft1997China GroveAmerican Towers, LLC
1249283Monopole193 ft2005KannapolisSBA Towers V, LLC
1027823Lattice tower187 ft1997Mount UllaAmerican Towers LLC
1064291Water tank187 ft1998SalisburySALISBURY, CITY OF
1003843Tower186 ft1991SalisburyAmerican Towers LLC
1276584Monopole180 ft2010SalisburyCrown Castle Towers 06-2 LLC
1238705Monopole169 ft2003SalisburySBA Towers V, LLC
1238307Tower165 ft2003SalisburyGlobal Signal Acquisitions LLC
1000311Tower163 ft1996SalisburyGlobal Signal Acquisitions LLC
1057929Tower157 ft1998SalisburyAmerican Towers LLC
1298659Monopole155 ft2016SalisburyAPC Towers, LLC
1234871Monopole126 ft2003SalisburyDuke Energy Business Services, llc
1288882Lattice tower100 ft2013SalisburyRowan, County of
1296900Monopole63 ft2016SalisburyNorfolk Southern Railway Company
1065258Tower33 ft1999SalisburyNORTH 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.