Cell towers in Upshur County, TX

The FCC registry lists 51 constructed antenna structures in Upshur County, 0% of Texas's 14,607. Ownership is spread across 27 registrants; the largest, SBA Communications, has 9 (18%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 19 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 51
2Tallest 1098 ft
3Largest owner SBA Communications
4Median height (state 247 ft) 280 ft

Structures

rank 92 of 254 in TX

Most common type

Tower

47% of structures

Over 200 feet

78% of structures

Peak build decade

2000s

37% built then

Who owns the towers in Upshur County

27 different registrants own the 51 structures. 4 are registered to individuals or family trusts, whose names 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.

Constructed structures in Upshur County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 280 feet, 33 feet taller than the Texas median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a tower near Longview at 1098 feet, built in 1996. More than in any other decade, 37% were built in the 2000s.

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

Structures in Upshur 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
1063557	Tower	1098 ft	1996	Longview	VB-S1 Assets, LLC
1232822	Other or unspecified	700 ft	1995	Pittsburg	Educational Radio Foundation of East Texas, Inc.
1238122	Tower	520 ft	2002	Gladewater	Reynolds Radio, Inc.
1284572	Guyed tower	520 ft	2014	Gladewater	American Towers LLC
1281741	Guyed tower	485 ft	2012	Big Sandy	American Towers LLC
1271579	Guyed tower	460 ft	2010	Gilmer	Private owner (name withheld)
1054449	Tower	455 ft	1974	East Mountain	Pinnacle Towers LLC
1058076	Guyed tower	417 ft	1995	Gilmer	American Towers LLC
1244348	Guyed tower	404 ft	2004	Ore City	Alltel Corporation
1313958	Lattice tower	348 ft	2022	Big Sandy	Private owner (name withheld)
1228087	Tower	330 ft	2001	East Mountain	ETEX Communications, LP
1246241	Tower	324 ft	2005	Gilmer	CCATT LLC
1037508	Other or unspecified	314 ft	1989	Big Sandy	American Towers LLC
1051437	Tower	313 ft	1998	Rosewood	Southwestern Electric Power Company
1270741	Guyed tower	310 ft	2009	Gilmer	American Towers LLC
1278660	Lattice tower	310 ft	2011	Gilmer	SBA Monarch Towers I, LLC
1280056	Lattice tower	310 ft	2012	Gilmer	SBA Monarch Towers I, LLC
1278657	Lattice tower	309 ft	2012	Gilmer	SBA Monarch Towers I, LLC
1278659	Lattice tower	309 ft	2012	Gilmer	SBA Monarch Towers I, LLC
1278832	Lattice tower	309 ft	2012	Gilmer	SBA Monarch Towers III, LLC
1278658	Lattice tower	308 ft	2012	Big Sandy	SBA Monarch Towers I, LLC
1240591	Tower	306 ft	2003	Gilmer	CCATT LLC
1244017	Tower	295 ft	2004	Big Sandy	Alltel Corporation
1041811	Tower	282 ft	1989	Ore City	SIGNAL ONE CORP
1246714	Tower	280 ft	2005	Big Sandy	Etex Communications LP
1307773	Lattice tower	280 ft	2019	Big Sandy	Tillman Infrastructure, LLC
1052868	Tower	270 ft	1995	Ore City	ETEX Communications, LP
1230543	Tower	270 ft	2001	Gilmer	ETEX Communications, LP
1267567	Tower	265 ft	2009	Gilmer	ETEX Communications, LP
1052578	Guyed tower	262 ft	2006	Gilmer	SBA Infrastructures, LLC
1214846	Lattice tower	260 ft	2000	Gladewater	American Towers LLC
1331622	Lattice tower	260 ft	2026	Ore City	VB BTS III, LLC
1278827	Lattice tower	258 ft	2012	Diane	SBA Monarch Towers I, LLC
1255747	Other or unspecified	250 ft	2006	Diana	Etex Communications, LLC
1262325	Tower	250 ft	2009	Ore City	Etex Communications, LP
1327258	Guyed tower	240 ft	2025	Gilmer	UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
1049292	Tower	230 ft	1993	Gilmer	UPSHUR RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE CORPORATION
1306721	Lattice tower	219 ft	2018	Gilmer	Tillman Infrastructure, LLC
1050145	Tower	210 ft	2004	Gilmer	SBA Towers II LLC
1216221	Tower	205 ft	2000	Gilmer	ETEX Communications, LP
1273023	Tower	200 ft	2010	Gilmer	ETEX Communications, LP
1309425	Lattice tower	199 ft	2019	Gladewater	StratCap Wireless Group
1331333	Monopole	199 ft	2025	Gilmer	APC Towers IV, LLC
1331576	Guyed tower	199 ft	2025	Gilmer	Skyway Towers, LLC
1055768	Tower	198 ft	1998	Gladewater	ETEX Communications, LP
1245766	Tower	194 ft	2005	Big Sandy	CCATT LLC
1306579	Lattice tower	184 ft	2018	Gilmer	Tillman Infrastructure, LLC
1266475	Tower	116 ft	2008	Gladewater	Private owner (name withheld)
1237688	Tower	100 ft	1991	Gilmer	Gilmer Cable Television Company, Inc.
1060346	Tower	79 ft	1991	Gilmer	CENTERPOINT ENERGY
1239740	Tower	33 ft	2004	Gilmer	Private owner (name withheld)

If you have a tower lease in Upshur 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: Starr County (52), Tyler County (52), Reeves County (51), Burleson County (49), Wilson County (49).

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.