Tennessee / Bedford County

#59 of 95 TN counties · 23 structures

Cell towers in Bedford County, TN

The FCC registry lists 23 constructed antenna structures in Bedford County, 1% of Tennessee's 3,746. SBA Communications owns 7 of them (30%), 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 11 between them.

Value a buyout offer

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  1. 1Constructed structures 23
  2. 2Tallest 315 ft
  3. 3Largest owner SBA Communications
  4. 4Median height (state 253 ft) 227 ft
Structures
23
rank 59 of 95 in TN
Most common type
Tower
35% of structures
Over 200 feet
12
52% of structures
Peak build decade
2000s
43% built then

Who owns the towers in Bedford County

12 different registrants own the 23 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.

SBA Communications7Verizon5Crown Castle4BELLSOUTH TELECOMUNICATIONS,2Uniti Towers2AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION1BEDFORD COUNTY EMA1TowerCom VI, LLC1
Constructed structures in Bedford County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 227 feet, 26 feet shorter than the Tennessee median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a mast near Shelbyville at 315 feet, built in 1991. More than in any other decade, 43% were built in the 2000s.

Tower8Lattice tower7Monopole4Guyed tower2Mast2
Structures in Bedford County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
11980s61990s102000s62010s
Structures in Bedford 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
1043403Mast315 ft1991ShelbyvilleCrown Castle South LLC
1218186Tower308 ft2001HotlandSBA Towers, LLC
1037743Tower299 ft2009BeechgroveCrown Castle GT Company, LLC
1038339Guyed tower298 ft1995ShelbyvilleCrown Castle GT Company, LLC
1244829Mast291 ft2004Chapel HillCellco Partnership
1044568Lattice tower273 ft1998Hawthorne/GallatinBELLSOUTH TELECOMUNICATIONS, INC.
1259331Tower273 ft2008ShelbyvilleBEDFORD COUNTY EMA
1040370Guyed tower256 ft1989ShelbyvilleSBA Infrastructures, LLC
1215306Lattice tower255 ft2000ShelbyvilleSBA Structures, LLC
1215309Lattice tower255 ft2000ShelbyvilleSBA Structures, LLC
1044572Lattice tower248 ft1998ShelbyvilleBELLSOUTH TELECOMUNICATIONS, INC.
1215307Lattice tower227 ft2000ShelbyvilleSBA Structures, LLC
1308022Lattice tower200 ft2019ShelbyvilleUniti Towers LLC.
1290940Lattice tower199 ft2014Bell BuckleCellco Partnership
1310098Monopole195 ft2019LewisburgTowerCom VI, LLC
1040376Tower181 ft2002ShelbyvilleSBA Infrastructures, LLC
1037744Tower180 ft1995FostervilleCrown Castle GT Company, LLC
1258159Tower180 ft2007ShelbyvilleCellco Partnership
1306415Monopole162 ft2018RockvaleUniti Towers LLC
1218306Tower152 ft2001HoltlandSBA Towers, LLC
1301928Monopole145 ft2017ShelbyvilleCellco Partnership
1293225Monopole135 ft2015ShelbyvilleCellco Partnership
1064861Tower108 ft1993ShelbyvilleAMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION

If you have a tower lease in Bedford 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 Tennessee with similar tower counts: Hickman County (24), Humphreys County (24), Scott County (24), Lauderdale County (23), Cheatham County (22).

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.