North Carolina / Vance County

#56 of 100 NC counties · 29 structures

Cell towers in Vance County, NC

The FCC registry lists 29 constructed antenna structures in Vance County, 1% of North Carolina's 4,515. Ownership is spread across 16 registrants; the largest, American Tower, has 8 (28%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 14 between them.

Value a buyout offer

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  1. 1Constructed structures 29
  2. 2Tallest 500 ft
  3. 3Largest owner American Tower
  4. 4Median height (state 255 ft) 307 ft
Structures
29
rank 56 of 100 in NC
Most common type
Lattice tower
41% of structures
Over 200 feet
26
90% of structures
Peak build decade
1990s
34% built then

Who owns the towers in Vance County

16 different registrants own the 29 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 Tower8Array Digital Infrastructure5SBA Communications4Crown Castle2STC Two LLC2Verizon2Alltel1BI-COMM SYSTEMS, INC.1
Constructed structures in Vance 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 Oxford at 500 feet, built in 1992. More than in any other decade, 34% were built in the 1990s.

Lattice tower12Tower10Guyed tower4Monopole3
Structures in Vance County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
11960s101990s92000s42010s52020s
Structures in Vance 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
1064446Tower500 ft1992OxfordBI-COMM SYSTEMS, INC.
1030360Tower496 ft1998HendersonPinnacle Towers LLC
1221197Guyed tower383 ft2001KitrellAmerican Towers LLC
1011731Guyed tower328 ft1997HendersnoAmerican Towers LLC
1004922Guyed tower323 ft2004HendersonAlltel Corporation
1064701Tower320 ft1999KittrellSBA Towers, LLC
1218590Tower320 ft1968HendersonComrep Inc
1011957Guyed tower315 ft1998HendersonAmerican Towers LLC
1288663Lattice tower315 ft2014HendersonAmerican Towers LLC
1054095Tower310 ft2003HendersonAmerican Towers LLC
1268572Lattice tower310 ft2009EpsomARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1273843Lattice tower310 ft2010HendersonARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1327374Lattice tower310 ft2026HendersonDuke Energy Business Services, LLC
1064702Lattice tower307 ft1999HendersonSBA Sites, LLC
1208096Lattice tower307 ft1999MiddleburgSBA Towers, LLC
1253949Lattice tower306 ft2006HendersonCCATT LLC
1004596Lattice tower300 ft1992MiddleburgARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1326817Monopole283 ft2024HendersonAmerican Towers LLC
1222742Tower266 ft2001HendersonAmerican Towers, LLC
1251238Tower260 ft2006HendersonCellco Partnership
1204037Tower259 ft2010HendersonSTC Two LLC
1247844Tower259 ft2010HendersonSTC Two LLC
1251157Lattice tower257 ft2006HendersonCellco Partnership
1202245Lattice tower254 ft1999HendersonAmerican Towers LLC
1320475Lattice tower246 ft2021HendersonARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1004599Lattice tower215 ft1995MiddleburgARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1269778Tower199 ft2005HendersonSBA 2012 TC Assets, LLC
1326718Monopole199 ft2024HendersonSouthern Towers BTS, LP
1329193Monopole199 ft2025HendersonTowerCo V Holdings LLC

If you have a tower lease in Vance 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: Hoke County (32), Pender County (32), Caldwell County (29), Bertie County (28), Jones County (28).

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.