Texas / Refugio County
#173 of 254 TX counties · 24 structures
Cell towers in Refugio County, TX
The FCC registry lists 24 constructed antenna structures in Refugio County, 0% of Texas's 14,607. American Tower owns 9 of them (38%), 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 10 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 24
- 2Tallest 460 ft
- 3Largest owner American Tower
- 4Median height (state 247 ft) 304 ft
Who owns the towers in Refugio County
16 different registrants own the 24 structures. One is registered to an individual or family trust, whose name this site withholds. 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 304 feet, 57 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 Refugio at 460 feet, built in 1982. More than in any other decade, 29% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1049441 | Guyed tower | 460 ft | 1982 | Refugio | American Towers LLC |
| 1202085 | Pole | 380 ft | 2019 | Refugio | Private owner (name withheld) |
| 1062744 | Guyed tower | 370 ft | 1999 | Refugio | American Towers LLC |
| 1053396 | Tower | 367 ft | 1980 | Bayside | PACIFIC BROADCASTING OF MISSOURI LLC |
| 1062743 | Guyed tower | 340 ft | 1999 | Woodsboro | American Towers LLC |
| 1053837 | Guyed tower | 335 ft | 1964 | Refugio | KN Telecommunications Inc. |
| 1323537 | Guyed tower | 322 ft | 2023 | Tivoli | REFUGIO, COUNTY OF |
| 1046347 | Tower | 320 ft | 1980 | Rufugio | COASTAL STATES MANAGEMENT CORPORATION |
| 1210393 | Tower | 320 ft | 2000 | Tivoli | American Towers LLC |
| 1228018 | Tower | 320 ft | 2001 | Refugio | Refugio, County of |
| 1306217 | Guyed tower | 310 ft | 2018 | Refugio | Transcontinetal Gas Pipe Line Co., LLC |
| 1062745 | Lattice tower | 305 ft | 1999 | Mc Faddin | American Towers LLC |
| 1050394 | Guyed tower | 304 ft | 1991 | Refugio | CCATT LLC |
| 1201167 | Tower | 300 ft | 1978 | Refugio | Equistar Chemicals, LP |
| 1257597 | Guyed tower | 300 ft | 2020 | Refugio | REFUGIO, COUNTY OF |
| 1206979 | Guyed tower | 280 ft | 1999 | Tivoli | American Towers LLC |
| 1222013 | Tower | 280 ft | 1999 | Refugio | Global Tower, LLC. through American Towers, LLC |
| 1206987 | Tower | 270 ft | 1999 | Woodsboro | American Towers LLC |
| 1052240 | Tower | 256 ft | 1981 | Bayside | Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| 1218422 | Guyed tower | 244 ft | 2000 | Refugio | American Towers LLC |
| 1312029 | Lattice tower | 214 ft | 2021 | Woodsboro | Tillman Infrastructure, LLC |
| 1053443 | Tower | 199 ft | 1985 | Refugio | J&K Communications, Inc. |
| 1217111 | Tower | 175 ft | 1966 | Refugio | Texas, State of, Texas Dept. of Transportation |
| 1208645 | Tower | 174 ft | 2000 | Woodsboro | Lavaca-Navidad River Authority |
If you have a tower lease in Refugio 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: Morris County (25), Hemphill County (24), Kinney County (24), Trinity County (24), Brooks County (23).
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.