Cell towers in Carter County, TN

The FCC registry lists 28 constructed antenna structures in Carter County, 1% of Tennessee's 3,746. Crown Castle owns 12 of them (43%), 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 19 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 28
2Tallest 305 ft
3Largest owner Crown Castle
4Median height (state 253 ft) 213 ft

Structures

rank 43 of 95 in TN

Most common type

Tower

57% of structures

Over 200 feet

50% of structures

Peak build decade

1990s

50% built then

Who owns the towers in Carter County

17 different registrants own the 28 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.

Constructed structures in Carter County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 213 feet, 40 feet shorter than the Tennessee median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a guyed tower near Elizabethton at 305 feet, built in 1963. More than in any other decade, 50% were built in the 1990s.

Structures in Carter County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.

Structures in Carter 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.	Type	Height	Built	City	Owner
1237701	Guyed tower	305 ft	1963	Elizabethton	CB RADIO INC
1043642	Mast	282 ft	1996	Elizabethtown	Crown Castle South LLC
1058247	Lattice tower	282 ft	1998	Hampton	SBA Sites, LLC
1051834	Lattice tower	280 ft	1998	Hampton	SBA Sites, LLC
1200023	Tower	275 ft	1999	Elizabethtown	Crown Communication LLC
1202954	Tower	275 ft	1999	Johnson City	Crown Communication LLC
1218573	Tower	260 ft	2001	Carter	SBA Properties, LLC
1221367	Tower	260 ft	2001	Elizabethton	SBA Properties, LLC
1202753	Tower	259 ft	1999	Erwin	Crown Communication LLC
1200021	Tower	256 ft	1999	Elizabethon	Crown Communication LLC
1038402	Guyed tower	253 ft	1994	Elizabethton	Crown Castle GT Company, LLC
1217724	Lattice tower	250 ft	2000	Roan Mountain	SBA Properties, LLC
1223169	Lattice tower	249 ft	2001	Roan Mountain	SBA Towers, LLC
1054538	Tower	226 ft	1994	Hunter	HOLSTON VALLEY BROADCASTING CORPORATION
1251110	Tower	200 ft	2005	Elizabethton	Crown Communication LLC
1200024	Tower	199 ft	1999	Watauga	Crown Communication LLC
1211471	Tower	199 ft	2001	Elizabethton	Alltel Corporation
1246289	Tower	199 ft	2003	College Park	Crown Castle Towers 06-2 LLC
1200039	Tower	199 ft	1999	Elizabethton	Crown Communication LLC
1202452	Lattice tower	190 ft	1999	Elizabethton	American Towers LLC
1203401	Lattice tower	190 ft	1999	Elizabethton	Crown Communication LLC
1256863	Tower	160 ft	2007	Elizabethton	Alltel Corporation
1278580	Tower	128 ft	2012	Elizabethton	Private owner (name withheld)
1221101	Tower	106 ft	2009	Elizabethton	Pinnacle Towers LLC
1278494	Pole	63 ft	2012	Wautauga	Norfolk Southern Railway Company
1312327	Guyed tower	60 ft	2020	Elizabethton	ELIZABETHTON, CITY OF
1055407	Pole	45 ft	1976	Roan Mountain	MOUNTAIN ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC
1206066	Tower	33 ft	1991	Elizabethton	State of Tennessee, Department of Transportation, Aeronautics

If you have a tower lease in Carter 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: Tipton County (32), Carroll County (29), McNairy County (29), Lawrence County (28), Weakley 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.