Cell towers in Putnam County, TN

The FCC registry lists 49 constructed antenna structures in Putnam County, 1% of Tennessee's 3,746. Ownership is spread across 26 registrants; the largest, Crown Castle, has 9 (18%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 20 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 49
2Tallest 805 ft
3Largest owner Crown Castle
4Median height (state 253 ft) 261 ft

Structures

rank 17 of 95 in TN

Most common type

Lattice tower

35% of structures

Over 200 feet

86% of structures

Peak build decade

1990s

33% built then

Who owns the towers in Putnam County

26 different registrants own the 49 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.

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

Height and age

The median structure here stands 261 feet, close to the Tennessee median of 253 feet. The tallest is a tower near Monterey at 805 feet, built in 1988. More than in any other decade, 33% were built in the 1990s.

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

Structures in Putnam 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
1047124	Tower	805 ft	1988	Monterey	UPPER CUMBERLAND BROADCAST COUNCIL DBA = WCTE-TV
1002665	Tower	482 ft	1994	Monterey	INAVISION BROADCASTING INC
1313052	Guyed tower	454 ft	2020	Cookeville	Southern Towers BTS, LP
1043266	Guyed tower	420 ft	2013	Monterey	Stonecom Holdings LLC
1000144	Guyed tower	413 ft	1997	Silver Point	Crown Castle GT Company, LLC
1041757	Tower	365 ft	2009	Silver Point	Crown Communication LLC
1038397	Guyed tower	357 ft	1993	Cookeville	Crown Castle GT Company, LLC
1041608	Other or unspecified	350 ft	1992	Cookeville	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1320139	Lattice tower	334 ft	2021	Sand Springs	TowerNorth Development, LLC
1200855	Tower	330 ft	1999	Baxter	Crown Castle Towers 06-2 LLC
1253952	Tower	318 ft	2006	Monterey	Upper Cumberland Broadcast Council
1042447	Lattice tower	304 ft	1991	Parragon	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1233521	Lattice tower	300 ft	2002	Algood	American Towers LLC
1284192	Tower	300 ft	2013	Cookeville	Putnam County Emergency Communications District
1317470	Lattice tower	295 ft	2022	Baxter	The Towers, LLC
1048567	Lattice tower	276 ft	1983	Cookeville	Cookeville Communications, LLC
1290557	Lattice tower	275 ft	2014	Baxter	Cellco Partnership
1242548	Tower	270 ft	2004	Cookeville	SBA 2012 TC Assets, LLC
1289538	Lattice tower	270 ft	2014	Cookeville	TN Dept of Safety Communications
1200853	Tower	265 ft	1999	Monterey	Crown Castle Towers 06-2 LLC
1213541	Tower	265 ft	2000	Hardy	Crown Castle Towers 06-2 LLC
1216011	Other or unspecified	265 ft	2000	Cookeville	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1216672	Tower	265 ft	2000	Cookeville	Crown Castle Towers 06-2 LLC
1303417	Lattice tower	265 ft	2018	Cookeville	Cellco Partnership
1200858	Tower	261 ft	1999	Silver Point	Crown Castle Towers 06-2 LLC
1063166	Lattice tower	260 ft	1999	Baxter	American Towers LLC
1250428	Tower	260 ft	2006	Cookeville	Cellco Partnership
1223005	Lattice tower	259 ft	2004	Cookeville	American Towers LLC
1227031	Lattice tower	259 ft	2003	Cookeville	American Towers LLC
1312527	Lattice tower	259 ft	2019	Cookeville	TowerCom VI, LLC
1063168	Lattice tower	258 ft	2001	Monterey	American Towers LLC
1327039	Lattice tower	258 ft	2024	Monterey	StratCap Wireless Group
1031220	Other or unspecified	255 ft	1997	Monterey	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1330056	Guyed tower	255 ft	2025	Cookeville	The Towers, LLC
1048566	Guyed tower	252 ft	1990	Cookeville	SBA Towers IX, LLC
1207202	Lattice tower	245 ft	1999	Cookeville	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1314644	Lattice tower	245 ft	2021	Cookeville	Southern Towers BTS, LP
1043477	Other or unspecified	243 ft	2009	Cookeville	American Towers LLC
1059110	Tower	239 ft	2004	Cookeville	Pinnacle Towers LLC
1063418	Lattice tower	230 ft	1999	Cookeville	SBA Infrastructures, LLC
1228002	Tower	228 ft	1999	Cookeville	American Towers LLC
1051876	Tower	207 ft	1995	Algood	Somerset Educational Broadcasting Foundation
1305031	Monopole	199 ft	2019	Cookeville	VB BTS III, LLC
1063272	Monopole	180 ft	1999	Cookeville	SBA Infrastructure, LLC
1252863	Other or unspecified	180 ft	2006	Cookeville	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1298488	Monopole	158 ft	2016	Cookeville	TowerNorth Development, LLC
1301527	Monopole	154 ft	2017	Cookeville	TowerCom VI, LLC
1293805	Monopole	134 ft	2015	Cookeville	Cellco Partnership
1066168	Pole	62 ft	1979	Cookeville	UPPER CUMBERLAND ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORP

If you have a tower lease in Putnam 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: Sumner County (56), Greene County (52), Giles County (49), McMinn County (48), Obion County (47).

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.