North Carolina / Wilkes County
#75 of 100 NC counties · 21 structures
Cell towers in Wilkes County, NC
The FCC registry lists 21 constructed antenna structures in Wilkes County, 0% of North Carolina's 4,515. American Tower owns 8 of them (38%), 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 8 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 21
- 2Tallest 405 ft
- 3Largest owner American Tower
- 4Median height (state 255 ft) 308 ft
Who owns the towers in Wilkes County
9 different registrants own the 21 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 308 feet, 53 feet taller than the North Carolina median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a lattice tower near North Wilkesboro at 405 feet, built in 1996. More than in any other decade, 33% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1003558 | Lattice tower | 405 ft | 1996 | North Wilkesboro | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1008669 | Tower | 384 ft | 1987 | Moravian Falls | Wilkes Broadcasting Company, Inc. |
| 1060965 | Lattice tower | 320 ft | 1998 | Wilkesboro | WILKES TELEPHONE MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION |
| 1000619 | Tower | 315 ft | 1994 | North Wilkesboro | CAROLINA WEST CELLULAR |
| 1003559 | Guyed tower | 310 ft | 1991 | Moravian Falls | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1048927 | Guyed tower | 310 ft | 1998 | Roaring River | American Towers LLC |
| 1048928 | Other or unspecified | 309 ft | 2004 | N. Wilkesboro | American Towers LLC |
| 1049638 | Other or unspecified | 309 ft | 2004 | Ronda | American Towers LLC |
| 1049639 | Lattice tower | 309 ft | 2003 | Wilkesboro | American Towers LLC |
| 1049640 | Guyed tower | 309 ft | 2004 | N. Wilkesboro | American Towers LLC |
| 1048939 | Lattice tower | 308 ft | 2004 | Hamptonville | American Towers LLC |
| 1017745 | Lattice tower | 265 ft | 1997 | Elkin | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1004235 | Tower | 256 ft | 1957 | North Wilkesboro | Wilkes Broadcasting Company, Inc. |
| 1271221 | Other or unspecified | 199 ft | 2009 | Wilkesboro | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1297613 | Monopole | 199 ft | 2016 | Boomer | Horvath Towers III, LLC |
| 1319748 | Monopole | 199 ft | 2022 | Hays | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1289840 | Monopole | 198 ft | 2014 | North Wilkesboro | American Towers LLC |
| 1292984 | Lattice tower | 196 ft | 1998 | North Wilkesboro | American Towers LLC |
| 1271880 | Other or unspecified | 160 ft | 2010 | Millers Creek | North Carolina State Highway Patrol |
| 1300561 | Lattice tower | 151 ft | 1987 | North Wilkesboro | Connect Holding LLC d/b/a Brightspeed |
| 1274300 | Tower | 148 ft | 2010 | Wilksboro | North Carolina Highway Patrol |
If you have a tower lease in Wilkes 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: Pasquotank County (22), Warren County (22), Caswell County (21), Davie County (18), Hertford County (17).
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.