Cell towers in McMullen County, TX

The FCC registry lists 10 constructed antenna structures in McMullen County, 0% of Texas's 14,607. American Tower owns 3 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 3 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 10
2Tallest 500 ft
3Largest owner American Tower
4Median height (state 247 ft) 326 ft

Structures

rank 242 of 254 in TX

Most common type

Guyed tower

70% of structures

Over 200 feet

100% of structures

Peak build decade

2010s

50% built then

Who owns the towers in McMullen County

7 different registrants own the 10 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 McMullen County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 326 feet, 79 feet taller than the Texas median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a guyed tower near Tilden at 500 feet, built in 1984. More than in any other decade, 50% were built in the 2010s.

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

Structures in McMullen 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
1053860	Guyed tower	500 ft	1984	Tilden	American Towers LLC
1283648	Guyed tower	410 ft	2012	Fowlerton	American Towers LLC
1285493	Guyed tower	409 ft	2012	Tilden	American Towers LLC
1051254	Tower	342 ft	1995	Tilden	TEXAS RSA 19 TOWER HOLDINGS, L.P.
1051255	Guyed tower	341 ft	2001	Freer	TEXAS RSA 19 TOWER HOLDINGS, L.P.
1287464	Lattice tower	312 ft	2013	Tilden	Towers of Texas Site Development, Inc.
1289837	Guyed tower	312 ft	2013	Calliham	VTX Communications, LLC
1312446	Guyed tower	310 ft	2020	Tilden	Skyway Towers, LLC
1297972	Guyed tower	300 ft	2016	Atascosa	EOG Resources, Inc.
1053326	Tower	287 ft	2008	Tilden	La Grange Acquisition, L. P.

If you have a tower lease in McMullen 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 Texas with similar tower counts: Briscoe County (10), Jeff Davis County (10), Loving County (10), Mills County (10), Throckmorton County (10).

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.