Virginia / Dinwiddie County

#24 of 132 VA counties · 33 structures

Cell towers in Dinwiddie County, VA

The FCC registry lists 33 constructed antenna structures in Dinwiddie County, 1% of Virginia's 2,952. Ownership is spread across 21 registrants; the largest, SBA Communications, has 6 (18%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 15 between them.

Value a buyout offer

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  1. 1Constructed structures 33
  2. 2Tallest 420 ft
  3. 3Largest owner SBA Communications
  4. 4Median height (state 199 ft) 250 ft
Structures
33
rank 24 of 132 in VA
Most common type
Tower
39% of structures
Over 200 feet
20
61% of structures
Peak build decade
1990s
36% built then

Who owns the towers in Dinwiddie County

21 different registrants own the 33 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.

SBA Communications6American Tower5Crown Castle4Norfolk Southern3Virginia Electric and Power 2PETERSBURG CELLULAR PARTNERS2STC Two LLC2SOUTHSIDE ELECTRIC COOPERATI1
Constructed structures in Dinwiddie County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 250 feet, 51 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 Carson at 420 feet, built in 2008. More than in any other decade, 36% were built in the 1990s.

Tower13Lattice tower8Monopole6Other or unspecified3Guyed tower2Pole1
Structures in Dinwiddie County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
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Structures in Dinwiddie 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.TypeHeightBuiltCityOwner
1016966Other or unspecified420 ft2008CarsonVirginia Electric and Power Company
1017845Tower384 ft1996PetersburgVIRGINIA, COMMONWEALTH OF
1229601Tower349 ft2005MckenneyMid Atlantic Tower, LLC
1024227Lattice tower346 ft1994MckenneyAmerican Towers LLC
1059350Tower330 ft1983DarvillsSubcarrier Communications, Inc.
1032275Tower307 ft1976Poole SidingNorfolk Southern Corporation
1016126Tower298 ft1988DewittCrown Castle GT Company, LLC
1016125Tower292 ft1992DinwiddieCrown Castle GT Company, LLC
1016127Tower292 ft1992HebronCrown Castle GT Company, LLC
1208879Lattice tower282 ft2000MckenneySBA Towers, LLC
1017465Lattice tower270 ft1990DinwiddieVB ACQUISITIONS LLC
1017537Guyed tower265 ft1994DewittTV6 Holdings LLC
1201845Tower265 ft1999MckenneySBA Properties, LLC
1207288Lattice tower265 ft1999Stony CreekSBA Properties, LLC
1255792Tower260 ft2007PetersburgPETERSBURG CELLULAR PARTNERSHIP
1229801Lattice tower253 ft2001DinwiddieAmerican Towers LLC
1011479Guyed tower250 ft1987DinwiddieSOUTHSIDE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE
1016965Other or unspecified240 ft2008ReamsVirginia Electric and Power Company
1059007Monopole238 ft1998DinwiddieCrown Communication LLC
1231702Tower228 ft2001DinwiddieSTC Two LLC
1249103Tower200 ft2006WilsonsSBA Towers III LLC
1319132Monopole199 ft2021SutherlandPrecision Cell LLC
1056211Tower198 ft1998SutherlandSTC Two LLC
1024083Other or unspecified196 ft1997PetersburgPETERSBURG CELLULAR PARTNERSHIP
1232636Lattice tower183 ft1999PetersburgAmerican Towers LLC
1234275Lattice tower175 ft1965DinwiddieSBA Towers, LLC
1234249Tower174 ft1967BlackstoneSubcarrier Communications Inc
1319345Lattice tower172 ft2023SutherlandDinwiddie County
1261825Monopole167 ft2007PetersburgSBA Monarch Towers III, LLC
1230743Monopole149 ft2009PetersburgAmerican Towers LLC
1232063Monopole145 ft2008PetersburgAmerican Towers LLC
1299882Monopole63 ft2017PetersburgNorfolk Southern Railway Company
1234057Pole43 ft2002PetersburgNorfolk Southern Railway Company

If you have a tower lease in Dinwiddie 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: Nottoway County (37), Isle of Wight County (35), Louisa County (34), Goochland County (32), Montgomery 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.