New York / Delaware County

#44 of 62 NY counties · 22 structures

Cell towers in Delaware County, NY

The FCC registry lists 22 constructed antenna structures in Delaware County, 1% of New York's 2,735. American Tower owns 9 of them (41%), 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 12 between them.

Value a buyout offer

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  1. 1Constructed structures 22
  2. 2Tallest 355 ft
  3. 3Largest owner American Tower
  4. 4Median height (state 190 ft) 196 ft
Structures
22
rank 44 of 62 in NY
Most common type
Tower
41% of structures
Over 200 feet
8
36% of structures
Peak build decade
1990s
27% built then

Who owns the towers in Delaware County

12 different registrants own the 22 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 Tower9SBA Communications3New York State Electric & Ga2Townsquare Media Oneonta, LL2Delaware County2K2 Towers1EIP Communications I, LLC1Delaware County Emergency Se1
Constructed structures in Delaware County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 196 feet, close to the New York median of 190 feet. The tallest is a lattice tower near Hamden at 355 feet, built in 2023. More than in any other decade, 27% were built in the 1990s.

Tower9Lattice tower8Guyed tower3Monopole2
Structures in Delaware County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
21960s11970s31980s61990s42000s42010s22020s
Structures in Delaware 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
1331168Lattice tower355 ft2023HamdenNew York State Electric & Gas Corporation
1005522Lattice tower332 ft1963Long EddyAmerican Towers LLC
1006099Tower270 ft1999DavenportNew York State Electric & Gas Corporation
1264969Lattice tower255 ft2009HancockSBA Towers II LLC
1247463Tower253 ft2008DelanceyTownsquare Media Oneonta, LLC
1299861Lattice tower250 ft2015FranklinDelaware County
1299862Lattice tower250 ft2015SidneyDelaware County
1064321Tower215 ft1989SidneyEIP Communications I, LLC
1007448Tower200 ft1960OneontaTownsquare Media Oneonta, LLC
1044989Lattice tower199 ft1994OneontaAmerican Towers LLC
1263703Monopole199 ft2008North FranklinSBA Towers II LLC
1045094Lattice tower193 ft1996DepositAmerican Towers, LLC
1027695Guyed tower190 ft1994SidneyAmerican Towers LLC
1273327Tower190 ft1990OneontaAmerican Towers LLC
1273328Guyed tower190 ft1979WaltonAmerican Towers LLC
1271920Lattice tower185 ft2010DavenportAmerican Towers LLC
1273326Guyed tower181 ft1980DelhiAmerican Towers LLC
1278535Tower170 ft2012DelhiDelaware County Emergency Services
1327203Monopole154 ft2024SidneyCellco Partnership
1002876Tower153 ft1988SidneyK2 Towers III, LLC
1269341Tower150 ft2009SidneySBA Monarch Towers III, LLC
1006452Tower120 ft1995StamfordGlobal Tower, LLC. through American Towers, LLC

If you have a tower lease in Delaware 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 New York with similar tower counts: Rensselaer County (25), Warren County (24), Cortland County (22), Kings County (22), Essex County (21).

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.