Cell towers in Washington County, TN

The FCC registry lists 36 constructed antenna structures in Washington County, 1% of Tennessee's 3,746. Crown Castle owns 13 of them (36%), 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 22 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 36
2Tallest 414 ft
3Largest owner Crown Castle
4Median height (state 253 ft) 260 ft

Structures

rank 34 of 95 in TN

Most common type

Tower

44% of structures

Over 200 feet

61% of structures

Peak build decade

1990s

39% built then

Who owns the towers in Washington County

19 different registrants own the 36 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 Washington County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

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 Johnson City at 414 feet, built in 1974. More than in any other decade, 39% were built in the 1990s.

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

Structures in Washington 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
1046903	Guyed tower	414 ft	1974	Johnson City	VB Nimbus, LLC
1046902	Guyed tower	398 ft	1974	Johnson City	VB Nimbus, LLC
1046901	Guyed tower	395 ft	1974	Johnson City	VB Nimbus, LLC
1283994	Tower	371 ft	2012	Fall Branch	Tennessee Department of Safety
1047313	Guyed tower	357 ft	1978	Johnson City	SBA Towers X, LLC
1043907	Tower	347 ft	1958	Johnson City	VB Nimbus, LLC
1027481	Lattice tower	292 ft	1997	Limestone	Crown Castle South LLC
1065000	Lattice tower	290 ft	1999	Johnson City	SBA Sites, LLC
1231965	Tower	290 ft	2009	Telford	Crown Communication LLC
1043643	Tower	287 ft	1996	N. Johnson City	Crown Castle South LLC
1023276	Tower	286 ft	1997	Gray	Crown Castle South LLC
1043638	Lattice tower	286 ft	2009	Jonesborough	Crown Castle South LLC
1202945	Tower	275 ft	1999	Gray	Crown Communication LLC
1203618	Tower	275 ft	1999	Gray	Crown Communication LLC
1045687	Tower	265 ft	2005	Johnson City	City of Johnson City
1057292	Lattice tower	265 ft	1998	Johnson City	SBA Properties, LLC
1058520	Lattice tower	265 ft	1999	Johnson City	SBA Towers, LLC
1224610	Tower	260 ft	2001	Fall Branch	SBA Properties, LLC
1200022	Tower	259 ft	2009	Fall Branch	Crown Communication LLC
1200101	Tower	257 ft	1999	Kingsport	Crown Communication LLC
1051836	Lattice tower	224 ft	1998	Kingsport	SBA Sites, LLC
1212933	On a building	209 ft	2001	Johnson City	Connect Holding LLC d/b/a Brightspeed
1037098	Tower	199 ft	1994	Jonesborough	Crown Castle GT Company, LLC
1259917	Lattice tower	199 ft	2007	Johnson City	SBA Towers V, LLC
1317496	Monopole	199 ft	2021	Limestone	TowerCom VI, LLC
1037097	Pole	198 ft	1994	Johnson City	Crown Castle GT Company, LLC
1045686	Tower	195 ft	2004	Fall Branch	American Towers LLC
1312434	Monopole	170 ft	2019	Telford	VB BTS III, LLC
1037109	Mast	167 ft	1990	Gray	Crown Castle GT Company, LLC
1251078	Tower	160 ft	2006	Telford	Corgi Ridge Farms
1306919	Monopole	159 ft	2019	Johnson City	VB-S1 Assets, LLC
1309554	Monopole	153 ft	2019	Jonesborough	VB-S1 Assets, LLC
1327866	Monopole	150 ft	2024	Johnson City	TowerCom VI-B, LLC
1300575	On a building	149 ft	1986	Johnson City	Connect Holding LLC d/b/a Brightspeed
1202946	Tower	130 ft	1999	Johnson City	Crown Communication LLC
1248475	Tower	119 ft	2006	Johnson City	SBA Towers II LLC

If you have a tower lease in Washington 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: Marion County (38), Dyer County (37), Henderson County (37), Campbell County (32), Hamblen County (32).

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.