Cell towers in Monroe County, TN

The FCC registry lists 40 constructed antenna structures in Monroe County, 1% of Tennessee's 3,746. Array Digital Infrastructure owns 12 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 16 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 40
2Tallest 403 ft
3Largest owner Array Digital Infrastructure
4Median height (state 253 ft) 262 ft

Structures

rank 27 of 95 in TN

Most common type

Lattice tower

48% of structures

Over 200 feet

65% of structures

Peak build decade

2000s

38% built then

Who owns the towers in Monroe County

20 different registrants own the 40 structures. 2 are registered to individuals or family trusts, whose names 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 Monroe County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 262 feet, close to the Tennessee median of 253 feet. The tallest is a structure near Niota at 403 feet, built in 1992. More than in any other decade, 38% were built in the 2000s.

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

Structures in Monroe 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
1242766	Other or unspecified	403 ft	1992	Niota	Private owner (name withheld)
1312733	Lattice tower	330 ft	2020	Madisonville	Tillman Infrastructure, LLC
1209879	Tower	320 ft	2000	Vonore	SBA Structures, LLC
1314995	Lattice tower	320 ft	2020	Tellico Plains	VB BTS III, LLC
1308453	Lattice tower	319 ft	2019	Vonore	Tillman Infrastructure, LLC
1041726	Guyed tower	314 ft	2005	Vonore	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1216312	Lattice tower	312 ft	2000	Madisonville	SBA Structures, LLC
1037755	Mast	308 ft	1998	Vonore	Crown Castle GT Company, LLC
1216982	Lattice tower	308 ft	2000	Madisonville	American Towers LLC
1216984	Lattice tower	308 ft	2000	Tellico Plains	American Towers LLC
1210067	Lattice tower	307 ft	2000	Madisonville	SBA Towers IX, LLC
1333684	Lattice tower	300 ft	2026	Tellico Plains	TVT III, LLC
1032997	Tower	291 ft	1991	Sweetwater	Crown Castle GT Company, LLC
1052910	Tower	290 ft	1998	Sweetwater	SBA Towers, LLC
1059548	Tower	290 ft	1999	Madisonville	SBA Towers, LLC
1241811	Tower	286 ft	2004	Madisonville	SBA Towers III LLC
1056601	Lattice tower	280 ft	1998	Vonore	SBA Sites, LLC
1274758	Guyed tower	279 ft	2010	Madisonville	SBA Monarch Towers I, LLC
1284640	Tower	266 ft	1955	Sweetwater	Horne Radio, LLC
1229215	Lattice tower	265 ft	2001	Madisonville	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1306802	Lattice tower	260 ft	2019	Tellico Plains	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1246508	Lattice tower	258 ft	2004	Tellico Plains	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1283064	Lattice tower	258 ft	2012	Sweetwater	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1284411	Lattice tower	258 ft	2012	Sweetwater	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1252957	Lattice tower	253 ft	2005	Madisonville	American Towers LLC
1058496	Tower	203 ft	1969	Madisonville	Private owner (name withheld)
1225847	Monopole	199 ft	2001	Vonore	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1230574	Lattice tower	199 ft	2001	Madisonville	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1275282	Monopole	199 ft	2010	Madisonville	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1284094	Lattice tower	199 ft	2012	Madisonville	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1041633	Lattice tower	195 ft	1995	Tellico Plains	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1297964	Lattice tower	195 ft	2016	Madisonville	Madisonville, City of Police Department
1277069	Guyed tower	185 ft	2006	Sweetwater	American Towers LLC
1324408	Monopole	184 ft	2023	Madisonville	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1282414	Guyed tower	164 ft	2012	Sweetwater	Global Tower, LLC. through American Towers, LLC
1298980	Monopole	164 ft	2016	Sweetwater	TowerCo 2013 LLC
1254089	Tower	150 ft	2006	Tellico Plains	Radio by Grace, Inc.
1203234	Other or unspecified	140 ft	1983	Madisonville	State of Tennessee, Department of Transportation
1037749	Mast	103 ft	1995	Sweetwater	Crown Castle GT Company, LLC
1237227	Tower	30 ft	2002	Madisonville	MONROE COUNTY AIRPORT

If you have a tower lease in Monroe 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: Coffee County (43), Maury County (42), Roane County (41), Robertson County (40), Cocke County (39).

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.