Tennessee / Smith County
#80 of 95 TN counties · 13 structures
Cell towers in Smith County, TN
The FCC registry lists 13 constructed antenna structures in Smith County, 0% of Tennessee's 3,746. Ownership is spread across 8 registrants; the largest, American Tower, has 2 (15%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 6 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 13
- 2Tallest 1033 ft
- 3Largest owner American Tower
- 4Median height (state 253 ft) 260 ft
Who owns the towers in Smith County
8 different registrants own the 13 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 260 feet, close to the Tennessee median of 253 feet. The tallest is a guyed tower near Hickman at 1033 feet, built in 1997. More than in any other decade, 46% were built in the 2000s.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1040893 | Guyed tower | 1033 ft | 1997 | Hickman | American Towers LLC |
| 1052146 | Guyed tower | 412 ft | 1991 | Brush Creek | American Towers LLC |
| 1200860 | Tower | 330 ft | 2009 | Gordonsville | Crown Castle Towers 06-2 LLC |
| 1250211 | Tower | 320 ft | 2006 | Carthage | SBA Monarch Towers I, LLC |
| 1317283 | Lattice tower | 290 ft | 2020 | Carthage | VB-S1 Assets, LLC |
| 1200857 | Tower | 265 ft | 1999 | Gordonsville | Crown Castle Towers 06-2 LLC |
| 1063198 | Tower | 260 ft | 1999 | Gordonsville | OpenLink Partners LLC |
| 1288642 | Lattice tower | 260 ft | 2014 | Pleasant Shade | TN Dept of Safety Communications |
| 1223711 | Tower | 254 ft | 2009 | Hickman | OpenLink Partners LLC |
| 1251683 | Monopole | 210 ft | 2006 | Carthage | SBA Monarch Towers I, LLC |
| 1289469 | Monopole | 100 ft | 2005 | Carthage | US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS |
| 1289470 | Lattice tower | 100 ft | 2005 | Carthage | US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS |
| 1066167 | Pole | 89 ft | 1979 | Carthage | UPPER CUMBERLAND ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORP |
If you have a tower lease in Smith 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: Fentress County (14), Clay County (13), Decatur County (13), Cannon County (12), Grainger County (12).
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.