West Virginia / Lewis County

#18 of 55 WV counties · 32 structures

Cell towers in Lewis County, WV

The FCC registry lists 32 constructed antenna structures in Lewis County, 2% of West Virginia's 1,491. Crown Castle owns 11 of them (34%), 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 17 between them.

Value a buyout offer

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  1. 1Constructed structures 32
  2. 2Tallest 510 ft
  3. 3Largest owner Crown Castle
  4. 4Median height (state 257 ft) 256 ft
Structures
32
rank 18 of 55 in WV
Most common type
Tower
59% of structures
Over 200 feet
17
53% of structures
Peak build decade
2000s
44% built then

Who owns the towers in Lewis County

17 different registrants own the 32 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.

Crown Castle11SBA Communications4LLoyd Hoff Holding Corp.3West Virginia Emergency Mana3American Tower2EASTERN GAS TRANSMISSION AND1Mon Power1WITHERS BROADCASTING COMPANY1
Constructed structures in Lewis County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 256 feet, close to the West Virginia median of 257 feet. The tallest is a tower near Weston at 510 feet, built in 1971. More than in any other decade, 44% were built in the 2000s.

Tower19Lattice tower6Other or unspecified3Guyed tower3Monopole1
Structures in Lewis County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
11960s11970s11980s51990s142000s82010s22020s
Structures in Lewis 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
1049793Tower510 ft1971WestonWITHERS BROADCASTING COMPANY OF WEST VIRGINIA
1034411Guyed tower412 ft1992WestonAmerican Towers LLC
1266374Tower360 ft2009WestonWest Virginia Emergency Management Division
1282196Tower360 ft2014WestonWest Virginia Emergency Management Division
1306664Lattice tower359 ft2018CamdenVB-S1 Assets, LLC
1247727Guyed tower345 ft2005Jane LewSBA Infrastructures, LLC
1216259Tower326 ft2009WestonCrown Communication LLC
1217158Tower325 ft2000WestonCrown Communication LLC
1039324Tower320 ft1996WestonCrown Atlantic Company, LLC
1039327Tower316 ft1996WestonCrown Atlantic Company, LLC
1250988Tower310 ft2006OrlandoCrown Communication LLC
1286226Lattice tower309 ft2014WestonAmerican Towers LLC
1310868Lattice tower295 ft2020WalkersvilleUpshur County Development Authority
1034819Lattice tower265 ft1989AdrianMon Power
1035791Tower260 ft1963SpencerWest Virginia Emergency Management Division
1257217Tower256 ft2007WestonSBA Towers VII, LLC
1257218Tower256 ft2007Jane LewSBA Towers VII, LLC
1275333Monopole199 ft2010WestonSBA Towers II LLC
1314155Lattice tower199 ft2020WestonApex Towers, LLC
1334550Lattice tower199 ft2012RoanokeTowerNorth Development, LLC
1211431Tower198 ft2000WestonCrown Communication LLC
1208614Tower197 ft2000BuckhannonCrown Communication LLC
1063840Tower195 ft1994WestonHope Gas Holdings LLC
1305578Guyed tower190 ft2017CamdenLLoyd Hoff Holding Corp.
1208015Tower189 ft2010WestonCrown Communication LLC
1228769Other or unspecified175 ft2001WestonLLoyd Hoff Holding Corp.
1033658Other or unspecified170 ft1992Jane LewLLoyd Hoff Holding Corp.
1208604Tower160 ft2000WestonCrown Communication LLC
1208608Tower157 ft2000WestonCrown Communication LLC
1207853Tower150 ft2000Lost CreekCrown Communication LLC
1034314Other or unspecified130 ft2008Jackson MilleEASTERN GAS TRANSMISSION AND STORAGE, INC.
1274975Tower100 ft2010WestonUS Army Corps of Engineers

If you have a tower lease in Lewis 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: Putnam County (39), Nicholas County (36), Berkeley County (32), Greenbrier County (29), Ohio County (26).

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.