Ohio / Athens County
#36 of 88 OH counties · 55 structures
Cell towers in Athens County, OH
The FCC registry lists 55 constructed antenna structures in Athens County, 1% of Ohio's 6,156. Ownership is spread across 23 registrants; the largest, Alltel, has 13 (24%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 14 between them.
Who owns the towers in Athens County
23 different registrants own the 55 structures. One is registered to an individual or family trust, whose name this site withholds. 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 294 feet, 40 feet taller than the Ohio median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a tower near Athens at 860 feet, built in 1978. Most 64% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1041734 | Tower | 860 ft | 1978 | Athens | OHIO UNIVERSITY TELECOM CENTER DBA = WOUB-FM/TV |
| 1243452 | Tower | 413 ft | 2004 | Chesterhill | OHIO, STATE OF |
| 1015796 | Tower | 385 ft | 2002 | Sharpsburg | Private owner (name withheld) |
| 1236718 | Tower | 385 ft | 1984 | Nelsonville | Nelsonville TV Cable, Inc. |
| 1033201 | Guyed tower | 369 ft | 1998 | Stewart | American Towers LLC |
| 1261481 | Tower | 362 ft | 2008 | Glouster | Alltel Corporation |
| 1307647 | Lattice tower | 350 ft | 2019 | Athens | Ohio Power Company |
| 1308526 | Lattice tower | 350 ft | 2019 | Amesville | Ohio Power Company |
| 1309122 | Lattice tower | 350 ft | 2020 | Glouster | Ohio Power Company |
| 1013217 | Tower | 349 ft | 1999 | Guysville | CCATT LLC |
| 1248809 | Tower | 315 ft | 2006 | Nelsonville | Cellco Partnership |
| 1261636 | Tower | 315 ft | 2008 | Athens | Cellco Partnership |
| 1263187 | Tower | 315 ft | 2008 | Coolville | Cellco Partnership |
| 1248460 | Tower | 312 ft | 2006 | Athens | Cellco Partnership |
| 1308050 | Lattice tower | 312 ft | 2019 | Chesterhill | Uniti Towers LLC |
| 1249418 | Tower | 310 ft | 2006 | Athens | TV6 Holdings LLC |
| 1261251 | Tower | 310 ft | 2008 | Athens | Cellco Partnership |
| 1329199 | Guyed tower | 310 ft | 2025 | Athens | The Towers, LLC |
| 1017398 | Tower | 309 ft | 1984 | Trimble | OHIO, STATE OF |
| 1248010 | Tower | 308 ft | 2006 | The Plains | SBA 2012 TC Assets, LLC |
| 1218418 | Lattice tower | 306 ft | 2000 | Athens | American Towers LLC |
| 1261496 | Lattice tower | 300 ft | 2008 | Athens | Cellco Partnership |
| 1261588 | Tower | 300 ft | 2008 | Trimble | TVT III, LLC |
| 1261894 | Tower | 300 ft | 2008 | Glouster | Cellco Partnership |
| 1015156 | Tower | 299 ft | 1992 | Athens | Alltel Corporation |
| 1275428 | Lattice tower | 296 ft | 2010 | Glouster | American Towers LLC |
| 1290933 | Lattice tower | 296 ft | 2014 | Nelsonville | American Towers LLC |
| 1258211 | Lattice tower | 294 ft | 2008 | Millfield | Cellco Partnership |
| 1202321 | Tower | 285 ft | 1990 | Nelsonville | Nelsonville TV Cable, Inc. |
| 1241943 | Tower | 269 ft | 2004 | Shade | Alltel Corporation |
| 1242485 | Tower | 269 ft | 2004 | Athens | Alltel Corporation |
| 1222767 | Tower | 265 ft | 2001 | Shade | SBA Towers, LLC |
| 1226327 | Mast | 264 ft | 2001 | Coolville | Alltel Corporation |
| 1235438 | Lattice tower | 262 ft | 2002 | Athens | Alltel Corporation |
| 1235660 | Tower | 262 ft | 2003 | Athens | Alltel Corporation |
| 1012912 | Tower | 255 ft | 2008 | Athens | Texas Eastern Communications, LLC |
| 1044588 | Other or unspecified | 252 ft | 1970 | Athens | Total Media Group, Inc. |
| 1061433 | Tower | 250 ft | 1998 | Athens | SOUTHEAST OHIO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES DISTRICT DBA = SEOEMS |
| 1261566 | Tower | 250 ft | 2008 | Lottridge | Positive Alternative Radio, Inc. |
| 1021018 | Tower | 199 ft | 1997 | Coolville | Alltel Corporation |
| 1219519 | Tower | 199 ft | 2000 | Guysville | SBA Properties, LLC |
| 1219523 | Tower | 199 ft | 2000 | Coolville | SBA Properties, LLC |
| 1219550 | Tower | 199 ft | 2000 | Elliottville | SBA Towers, LLC |
| 1220135 | Tower | 199 ft | 2000 | Coolville | SBA Properties, LLC |
| 1220169 | Tower | 199 ft | 2000 | Athens | SBA Properties, LLC |
| 1221796 | Tower | 199 ft | 2000 | Athens | SBA Towers, LLC |
| 1226361 | Mast | 199 ft | 2001 | Nelsonville | Alltel Corporation |
| 1246273 | Tower | 199 ft | 2005 | Athens | Alltel Corporation |
| 1255863 | Pole | 199 ft | 2007 | Albany | Alltel Corporation |
| 1315675 | Lattice tower | 199 ft | 2021 | Albany | Tillman Infrastructure, LLC |
| 1211960 | Lattice tower | 182 ft | 2000 | Albany | American Towers LLC |
| 1003296 | Tower | 160 ft | 1986 | Athens | LLoyd Hoff Holding Corp. |
| 1278414 | Tower | 158 ft | 2011 | Athens | Alltel Corporation |
| 1250436 | Tower | 152 ft | 2006 | Athens | Alltel Corporation |
| 1269812 | Tower | 120 ft | 2009 | Glouster | US Army Corps of Engineers |
If you have a tower lease in Athens 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 Ohio with similar tower counts: Fairfield County (65), Seneca County (65), Belmont County (62), Fulton County (55), Jackson County (55).
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.