Cell towers in Cumberland County, VA

The FCC registry lists 15 constructed antenna structures in Cumberland County, 1% of Virginia's 2,952. SBA Communications owns 5 of them (33%), 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 8 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 15
2Tallest 499 ft
3Largest owner SBA Communications
4Median height (state 199 ft) 280 ft

Structures

rank 74 of 132 in VA

Most common type

Lattice tower

40% of structures

Over 200 feet

80% of structures

Peak build decade

2010s

27% built then

Who owns the towers in Cumberland County

12 different registrants own the 15 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 Cumberland County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 280 feet, 81 feet taller than the Virginia median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a structure near Farmville at 499 feet, built in 1996. More than in any other decade, 27% were built in the 2010s.

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

Structures in Cumberland 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
1016647	Other or unspecified	499 ft	1996	Farmville	VB-S1 Assets, LLC
1269919	Lattice tower	319 ft	2009	Cumberland	SBA Towers X, LLC
1257374	Tower	304 ft	2007	Cartersville	Cellco Partnership
1016591	Tower	299 ft	2010	Whiteville	Crown Castle GT Company, LLC
1312749	Lattice tower	288 ft	2020	Cumberland	Precision Cell, LLC
1044372	Tower	283 ft	1975	Farmville	Crown Atlantic Company, LLC
1016914	Tower	281 ft	1986	Cartersville	American Towers LLC
1202872	Guyed tower	280 ft	1999	Cumberland	SBA Towers, LLC
1246746	Tower	270 ft	2005	Cumberland	Virginia, Commonwealth of
1269917	Lattice tower	255 ft	2011	Cumberland	SBA Towers X, LLC
1277854	Lattice tower	254 ft	2011	Cumberland	SBA Towers X, LLC
1277855	Lattice tower	254 ft	2011	Cumberland	SBA Towers X, LLC
1024072	Other or unspecified	199 ft	1997	Oak Forest	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1332177	Monopole	199 ft	2026	Cumberland	Arcola Towers 1, LP
1325155	Lattice tower	164 ft	2025	Farmville	Farmville Seventh Day Adventist Church

If you have a tower lease in Cumberland 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 Virginia with similar tower counts: Smyth County (16), Westmoreland County (16), Appomattox County (15), Lunenburg County (15), Pulaski County (15).

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.