North Carolina / Scotland County

#67 of 100 NC counties · 24 structures

Cell towers in Scotland County, NC

The FCC registry lists 24 constructed antenna structures in Scotland County, 1% of North Carolina's 4,515. American Tower owns 8 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 13 between them.

Value a buyout offer

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  1. 1Constructed structures 24
  2. 2Tallest 483 ft
  3. 3Largest owner American Tower
  4. 4Median height (state 255 ft) 307 ft
Structures
24
rank 67 of 100 in NC
Most common type
Tower
42% of structures
Over 200 feet
21
88% of structures
Peak build decade
2000s
42% built then

Who owns the towers in Scotland County

13 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.

American Tower8Crown Castle5Duke Energy Business Service2Verizon2Beasley Family Towers, Inc.1Z V PATE INC1Scotland, County of1North Carolina, State of1
Constructed structures in Scotland County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 307 feet, 52 feet taller than the North Carolina median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a tower near Laurinburg at 483 feet, built in 2009. More than in any other decade, 42% were built in the 2000s.

Tower10Lattice tower7Guyed tower4Mast2Monopole1
Structures in Scotland County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
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Structures in Scotland 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
1002405Tower483 ft2009LaurinburgDuke Energy Business Services, LLC
1015942Guyed tower421 ft1977LaurinburgZ V PATE INC
1004861Guyed tower364 ft1995LaurinburgAmerican Towers LLC
1201386Lattice tower360 ft1984LaurinburgScotland, County of
1007488Tower320 ft1995LaurinburgPinnacle Towers LLC
1000272Tower320 ft1998Laurel HillCrown Atlantic Company, LLC
1056818Lattice tower311 ft1998Laurel HillAmerican Towers LLC
1056789Mast310 ft2003LaurinburgAmerican Towers LLC
1257119Tower310 ft2007MarstonAT&T Mobility Spectrum LLC
1284906Lattice tower310 ft2012Laurel HillAmerican Towers LLC
1284975Lattice tower310 ft2012MarstonCellco Partnership
1245597Mast309 ft2005LaurinburgCCATT LLC
1253351Tower305 ft2006LaurinburgCCATT LLC
1303415Guyed tower299 ft2017LaurinburgRiverStreet Wireless Assets, LLC
1225928Lattice tower294 ft2003LaurinburgAmerican Towers LLC
1264030Lattice tower280 ft2008MarstonAmerican Towers LLC
1203654Tower279 ft2003WagramAmerican Towers LLC
1330147Guyed tower259 ft2025GibsonTowerCom IV-B, LLC
1065895Lattice tower258 ft1999WagramAmerican Towers LLC
1256966Tower256 ft2007MaxtonCellco Partnership
1006420Tower236 ft1980LaurinburgBeasley Family Towers, Inc.
1278829Tower200 ft1996LaurinburgCrown Atlantic Company, LLC
1330753Monopole124 ft2025Laurel HillDuke Energy Business Services, LLC
1233805Tower95 ft2003LaurinburgNorth Carolina, State of

If you have a tower lease in Scotland 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: Alexander County (25), Martin County (25), Montgomery County (24), Granville County (23), Greene 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.