West Virginia / Barbour County
#33 of 55 WV counties · 15 structures
Cell towers in Barbour County, WV
The FCC registry lists 15 constructed antenna structures in Barbour County, 1% of West Virginia's 1,491. Verizon owns 6 of them (40%), 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 6 between them.
Who owns the towers in Barbour County
9 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.
Height and age
The median structure here stands 265 feet, close to the West Virginia median of 257 feet. The tallest is a tower near Philippi at 480 feet, built in 2008. Most 53% were built in the 2010s.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1265013 | Tower | 480 ft | 2008 | Philippi | West Virginia Emergency Management Division |
| 1280104 | Tower | 398 ft | 2012 | Belington | AES Laurel Mountain,LLC |
| 1270577 | Lattice tower | 315 ft | 2009 | Belington | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1278650 | Lattice tower | 308 ft | 2011 | Belington | American Towers LLC |
| 1279189 | Tower | 308 ft | 2011 | Belington | SBA Towers III LLC |
| 1271506 | Lattice tower | 304 ft | 2010 | Bellington | American Towers LLC |
| 1260361 | Tower | 265 ft | 2008 | Volga | Cellco Partnership |
| 1261652 | Lattice tower | 265 ft | 2013 | Philippi | Cellco Partnership |
| 1260213 | Tower | 257 ft | 2008 | Philippi | Cellco Partnership |
| 1260352 | Lattice tower | 256 ft | 2008 | Philippi | Cellco Partnership |
| 1260367 | Tower | 255 ft | 2008 | Volga | Cellco Partnership |
| 1278058 | Lattice tower | 255 ft | 2011 | Philippi | SBA Towers V, LLC |
| 1303420 | Lattice tower | 254 ft | 2018 | Century | SBA Towers II, LLC |
| 1286740 | Lattice tower | 251 ft | 2013 | Philippi | Cellco Partnership |
| 1275755 | Tower | 200 ft | 1997 | Phillipi | Global Tower, LLC. through American Towers, LLC |
If you have a tower lease in Barbour 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 West Virginia with similar tower counts: Clay County (17), Mingo County (16), Wetzel County (16), Boone County (14), Hancock County (14).
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.