West Virginia / Ohio County

#20 of 55 WV counties · 26 structures

Cell towers in Ohio County, WV

The FCC registry lists 26 constructed antenna structures in Ohio County, 2% of West Virginia's 1,491. Ownership is spread across 17 registrants; the largest, Crown Castle, has 5 (19%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 11 between them.

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  1. 1Constructed structures 26
  2. 2Tallest 320 ft
  3. 3Largest owner Crown Castle
  4. 4Median height (state 257 ft) 238 ft
Structures
26
rank 20 of 55 in WV
Most common type
Tower
58% of structures
Over 200 feet
16
62% of structures
Peak build decade
2000s
42% built then

Who owns the towers in Ohio County

17 different registrants own the 26 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 Castle5SBA Communications4Alltel3American Tower2Wheeling Power Company2Ohio County Commission2Staley Wireless LP1CTI Towers Assets, I LLC1
Constructed structures in Ohio County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 238 feet, 19 feet shorter than the West Virginia median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a tower near Wheeling at 320 feet, built in 2009. More than in any other decade, 42% were built in the 2000s.

Tower15Lattice tower7Mast1Other or unspecified1Guyed tower1Pole1
Structures in Ohio County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
11970s81990s112000s52010s
Structures in Ohio 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
1262569Tower320 ft2009WheelingOhio County Commission
1033832Other or unspecified315 ft2010WheelingStaley Wireless LP
1215750Tower314 ft1998TriadelphiaSTC Five LLC
1200042Tower307 ft1999Valley GroveCrown Communication LLC
1042529Guyed tower305 ft1979WheelingCTI Towers Assets, I LLC
1292635Lattice tower305 ft2014WheelingAmerican Towers LLC
1033949Lattice tower297 ft1995WheelingSBA Properties, LLC
1061725Lattice tower263 ft2008TriadelphiaNew Cingular Wireless, Inc.
1023611Tower259 ft1997WheelingCCATT LLC
1309644Lattice tower258 ft2019West LibertyWheeling Power Company
1262568Tower257 ft2009WheelingOhio County Commission
1035687Lattice tower251 ft2004West LibertyAmerican Towers LLC
1010082Mast246 ft1996Valley GroveCCATT LLC
1017288Lattice tower231 ft1997WheelingCCATT LLC
1055157Tower214 ft2008TridelphiaCrown Communication LLC
1064572Tower210 ft1941WheelingVertical Bridge CC FM, LLC
1032150Tower199 ft1997SprindaleAlltel Corporation
1215144Tower199 ft2001WheelingGateway Telecom, LLC
1236359Tower199 ft2003WheelingAlltel Corporation
1240947Pole199 ft2004West LibertyAlltel Corporation
1246176Tower198 ft2004WheelingSBA Towers II LLC
1270495Tower197 ft2006WheelingSBA 2012 TC Assets, LLC
1284006Tower149 ft2012West LibertyLLoyd Hoff Holding Corp.
1270345Tower137 ft2006WheelingSBA 2012 TC Assets, LLC
1065573Tower112 ft1994West LibertyWheeling Power Company
1307113Lattice tower100 ft2019West LibertyWilliams Energy Group Field Services aka Williams Energy Services

If you have a tower lease in Ohio 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: Berkeley County (32), Lewis County (32), Greenbrier County (29), Summers County (26), Roane County (25).

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.