West Virginia / Gilmer County
#42 of 55 WV counties · 11 structures
Cell towers in Gilmer County, WV
The FCC registry lists 11 constructed antenna structures in Gilmer County, 1% of West Virginia's 1,491. Ownership is spread across 8 registrants; the largest, American Tower, has 2 (18%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 3 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 11
- 2Tallest 420 ft
- 3Largest owner American Tower
- 4Median height (state 257 ft) 289 ft
Who owns the towers in Gilmer County
8 different registrants own the 11 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 289 feet, 32 feet taller than the West Virginia median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a lattice tower near Glenville at 420 feet, built in 2012. More than in any other decade, 27% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1274612 | Lattice tower | 420 ft | 2012 | Glenville | West Virginia Emergency Management Division |
| 1039323 | Tower | 418 ft | 1995 | Glenville | Crown Atlantic Company, LLC |
| 1322709 | Lattice tower | 349 ft | 2022 | Lockney | Eastern Gas Transmission and Storage, Inc. |
| 1320017 | Lattice tower | 344 ft | 2022 | Lockney | EASTERN GAS TRANSMISSION AND STORAGE, INC. |
| 1320016 | Lattice tower | 324 ft | 2022 | Newberne | EASTERN GAS TRANSMISSION AND STORAGE, INC. |
| 1037224 | Tower | 289 ft | 1960 | Glenville | EASTERN STATES OIL & GAS, INC. |
| 1034415 | Lattice tower | 234 ft | 1995 | Glenville | American Towers LLC |
| 1033656 | Lattice tower | 223 ft | 2013 | Glenville | LLoyd Hoff Holding Corp. |
| 1050877 | Tower | 200 ft | 1996 | Cedarville | West Virginia Emergency Management Division |
| 1265450 | Lattice tower | 169 ft | 2008 | Cox Mills | American Towers LLC |
| 1305643 | Lattice tower | 159 ft | 2018 | Sand Fork | TowerCo V Holdings LLC |
If you have a tower lease in Gilmer 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: Morgan County (13), Tyler County (13), Ritchie County (12), Hampshire County (11), Jefferson County (11).
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.