North Carolina / Stanly County
#44 of 100 NC counties · 41 structures
Cell towers in Stanly County, NC
The FCC registry lists 41 constructed antenna structures in Stanly County, 1% of North Carolina's 4,515. SBA Communications owns 13 of them (32%), 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 23 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 41
- 2Tallest 375 ft
- 3Largest owner SBA Communications
- 4Median height (state 255 ft) 253 ft
Who owns the towers in Stanly County
21 different registrants own the 41 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 253 feet, close to the North Carolina median of 255 feet. The tallest is a guyed tower near Albemarle at 375 feet, built in 1980. More than in any other decade, 41% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1008105 | Guyed tower | 375 ft | 1980 | Albemarle | EIP Holdings II, LLC |
| 1007115 | Guyed tower | 372 ft | 1991 | Albemarle | Pinnacle Towers LLC |
| 1252624 | Other or unspecified | 345 ft | 2007 | Albemarle | North Carolina State Highway Patrol |
| 1005463 | Other or unspecified | 343 ft | 2008 | Locust | North Carolina State Highway Patrol |
| 1292008 | Lattice tower | 325 ft | 2015 | Locust | Stanly County |
| 1292084 | Lattice tower | 325 ft | 2014 | New London | Stanly County |
| 1292085 | Lattice tower | 325 ft | 2015 | Norwood | Stanly County |
| 1002935 | Tower | 322 ft | 1983 | Albemarle | Salem Communications Holding Corporation |
| 1314090 | Lattice tower | 320 ft | 2020 | Albemarle | Stanly County |
| 1005922 | Lattice tower | 309 ft | 1999 | Richfield | Crown Castle South LLC |
| 1005923 | Lattice tower | 286 ft | 1996 | Albemarle | Crown Castle South LLC |
| 1008956 | Other or unspecified | 286 ft | 1970 | Stanfield | American Towers LLC |
| 1208730 | Lattice tower | 285 ft | 2000 | Locust | SBA Towers, LLC |
| 1059197 | Tower | 270 ft | 1995 | Albermarle | Crown Atlantic Company, LLC |
| 1001510 | Lattice tower | 270 ft | 1991 | Albemarle | Duke Energy Business Services, LLC |
| 1005271 | Guyed tower | 264 ft | 1994 | Locust | American Towers LLC |
| 1217954 | Lattice tower | 260 ft | 2000 | Richfield | American Towers LLC |
| 1209722 | Tower | 258 ft | 2001 | East Center Township | STC Two LLC |
| 1204359 | Tower | 257 ft | 2000 | Stanfield | SBA Towers, LLC |
| 1206690 | Lattice tower | 254 ft | 1999 | Norwood | SBA Towers, LLC |
| 1007033 | Guyed tower | 253 ft | 1947 | Albemarle | Stanly Communications, Inc. |
| 1001741 | Tower | 225 ft | 1994 | Oakboro | Union Power Cooperative |
| 1065737 | Monopole | 205 ft | 1999 | Oakboro | SBA Towers, LLC |
| 1242939 | Monopole | 204 ft | 2004 | New London | SBA Towers III LLC |
| 1249099 | Monopole | 203 ft | 2006 | Albemarle | SBA Towers III LLC |
| 1249100 | Monopole | 203 ft | 2006 | Albermarle | SBA Towers III LLC |
| 1208242 | Monopole | 200 ft | 2000 | New London | American Towers LLC |
| 1234722 | Monopole | 200 ft | 2002 | Albemarle | American Towers LLC |
| 1239069 | Monopole | 200 ft | 2003 | Stanfield | SBA Structures, LLC |
| 1241808 | Lattice tower | 200 ft | 2004 | New London | SBA Towers II LLC |
| 1242238 | Monopole | 200 ft | 2004 | N Albemarle Twnshp | SBA Towers III LLC |
| 1202143 | Tower | 199 ft | 2000 | Albermarle | STC Two LLC |
| 1205020 | Tower | 199 ft | 1999 | Albemarle | SBA Towers, LLC |
| 1249937 | Mast | 199 ft | 2006 | Stanfield | Alltel Corporation |
| 1318607 | Monopole | 199 ft | 2021 | Norwood | TowerCom IV-B, LLC |
| 1319074 | Monopole | 199 ft | 2022 | Norwood | VB BTS, ll, LLC |
| 1324567 | Monopole | 199 ft | 2022 | Oakboro | StratCap Wireless Group |
| 1064639 | Monopole | 195 ft | 1999 | Albemarle | SBA Towers, LLC |
| 1064640 | Tower | 195 ft | 1999 | Oakboro | SBA Towers, LLC |
| 1003842 | Guyed tower | 187 ft | 2003 | Albermarle | American Towers LLC |
| 1200173 | Tower | 180 ft | 1998 | Albermarle | CSX Transportation |
If you have a tower lease in Stanly 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: Henderson County (45), Richmond County (43), Halifax County (41), Carteret County (40), Orange County (40).
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.