Tennessee / Franklin County
#54 of 95 TN counties · 25 structures
Cell towers in Franklin County, TN
The FCC registry lists 25 constructed antenna structures in Franklin County, 1% of Tennessee's 3,746. Ownership is spread across 20 registrants; the largest, VB BTS III, LLC, has 4 (16%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 7 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 25
- 2Tallest 325 ft
- 3Largest owner VB BTS III, LLC
- 4Median height (state 253 ft) 199 ft
Who owns the towers in Franklin County
20 different registrants own the 25 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 199 feet, 54 feet shorter than the Tennessee median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a guyed tower near Arnold Af Station at 325 feet, built in 2024. More than in any other decade, 28% were built in the 2010s.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1328634 | Guyed tower | 325 ft | 2024 | Arnold Af Station | Arnold Engineering and Development Complex |
| 1283988 | Tower | 323 ft | 2012 | Belvidere | Tennessee Department of Safety |
| 1043402 | Mast | 314 ft | 2009 | Winchester | Crown Castle South LLC |
| 1311419 | Lattice tower | 295 ft | 2019 | Belvidere | Uniti Towers LLC |
| 1315868 | Lattice tower | 295 ft | 2020 | Sherwood | VB BTS III, LLC |
| 1254658 | Tower | 290 ft | 2007 | Winchester | Cellco Partnership |
| 1245170 | Mast | 285 ft | 2005 | Cowan | CCATT LLC |
| 1251817 | Lattice tower | 255 ft | 2006 | Estill Springs | SBA Monarch Towers I, LLC |
| 1044573 | Lattice tower | 240 ft | 1995 | Estill Springs | BELLSOUTH TELECOMUNICATIONS, INC. |
| 1043488 | Lattice tower | 199 ft | 1953 | Sewanee | American Towers LLC |
| 1059923 | Tower | 199 ft | 1992 | Rowe Gap | Crown Castle GT Company, LLC |
| 1274947 | Pole | 199 ft | 2010 | Winchester | Cellco Partnership |
| 1278219 | Guyed tower | 199 ft | 2011 | Huntland | SBA Towers II LLC |
| 1280856 | Monopole | 199 ft | 2012 | Estill Springs | American Towers LLC |
| 1310119 | Monopole | 199 ft | 2019 | Estill Springs | VB BTS III, LLC |
| 1315148 | Monopole | 199 ft | 2020 | Estill Springs | VB BTS III, LLC |
| 1320517 | Monopole | 189 ft | 2021 | Sewanee | Vogue Towers |
| 1258006 | Tower | 182 ft | 2007 | Sewanee | Wireless Properties, LLC |
| 1043928 | Tower | 180 ft | 1977 | Sewanee | STATE OF TENNESSEE |
| 1315372 | Monopole | 169 ft | 2020 | Belvidere | TowerCom VI, LLC |
| 1327978 | Monopole | 158 ft | 2024 | Tullahoma | Everlink Towers LLC |
| 1003529 | Tower | 155 ft | 1948 | Winchester | FRANKLIN COUNTY RADIO & BROADCASTING INC DBA = WCDT AM 1340 |
| 1307377 | Monopole | 145 ft | 2019 | Winchester | VB BTS III, LLC |
| 1289479 | Lattice tower | 120 ft | 2005 | Sewanee | US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS |
| 1224631 | Tower | 33 ft | 1993 | Winchester | STATE OF TENN DEPT OF TRANSP AERONAUTIC |
If you have a tower lease in Franklin 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: Hawkins County (26), Rhea County (26), Claiborne County (25), Stewart County (25), Hickman County (24).
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.