Tennessee / Rhea County
#52 of 95 TN counties · 26 structures
Cell towers in Rhea County, TN
The FCC registry lists 26 constructed antenna structures in Rhea County, 1% of Tennessee's 3,746. Ownership is spread across 16 registrants; the largest, American Tower, has 7 (27%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 11 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 26
- 2Tallest 320 ft
- 3Largest owner American Tower
- 4Median height (state 253 ft) 255 ft
Who owns the towers in Rhea County
16 different registrants own the 26 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 255 feet, close to the Tennessee median of 253 feet. The tallest is a tower near Spring City at 320 feet, built in 1999. More than in any other decade, 38% were built in the 1990s.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1204784 | Tower | 320 ft | 1999 | Spring City | Town of Spring City |
| 1287732 | Lattice tower | 308 ft | 2013 | Spring City | American Towers LLC |
| 1250748 | Tower | 282 ft | 2006 | Dayton | Cellco Partnership |
| 1286555 | Lattice tower | 265 ft | 2013 | Spring City | American Towers LLC |
| 1302958 | Monopole | 265 ft | 2017 | Spring City | Cellco Partnership |
| 1200578 | Lattice tower | 262 ft | 1999 | Dayton | STC Two LLC |
| 1204465 | Tower | 261 ft | 2001 | Dayton | STC Two LLC |
| 1202345 | Lattice tower | 260 ft | 1999 | Dayton | American Towers LLC |
| 1285478 | Lattice tower | 260 ft | 2013 | Spring City | SpectraSite Communications, LLC. through American Towers, LLC. |
| 1286687 | Lattice tower | 260 ft | 2013 | Spring City | American Towers LLC |
| 1213262 | Lattice tower | 259 ft | 2000 | Dayton | SBA Structures, LLC |
| 1044654 | Tower | 256 ft | 1979 | Spring City | EAST TENNESSEE RADIO GROUP III, L.P. |
| 1044497 | Other or unspecified | 255 ft | 1998 | Grandview | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1202343 | Lattice tower | 255 ft | 1999 | Dayton | American Towers LLC |
| 1244766 | Tower | 245 ft | 2004 | Spring City | Tennessee Valley Authority |
| 1034181 | Tower | 226 ft | 1962 | Spring City | Norfolk Southern Corporation |
| 1044655 | Tower | 220 ft | 1993 | Dayton | Hooper Communications, LLC |
| 1064038 | Tower | 200 ft | 1992 | Evensville | SBA Structures, LLC |
| 1268646 | Lattice tower | 199 ft | 2009 | Dayton | American Towers LLC |
| 1305627 | Monopole | 199 ft | 2020 | Dayton | VB BTS, ll, LLC |
| 1309556 | Monopole | 199 ft | 2019 | Spring City | VB BTS III, LLC |
| 1037754 | Tower | 198 ft | 1995 | Spring City | Crown Castle GT Company, LLC |
| 1314752 | Monopole | 190 ft | 2020 | Dayton | VB BTS III, LLC |
| 1037958 | Monopole | 164 ft | 1994 | Evansville | Crown Castle GT Company, LLC |
| 1224221 | Pole | 55 ft | 1980 | Dayton | City of Dayton, TN |
| 1206069 | Tower | 33 ft | 1991 | Dayton | State of Tennessee, Department of Transportation, Aeronautics |
If you have a tower lease in Rhea 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: Marshall County (27), Benton County (26), Hawkins County (26), Claiborne County (25), Franklin County (25).
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.