West Virginia / Roane County

#22 of 55 WV counties · 25 structures

Cell towers in Roane County, WV

The FCC registry lists 25 constructed antenna structures in Roane County, 2% of West Virginia's 1,491. American Tower owns 8 of them (32%), 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 16 between them.

Value a buyout offer

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  1. 1Constructed structures 25
  2. 2Tallest 420 ft
  3. 3Largest owner American Tower
  4. 4Median height (state 257 ft) 304 ft
Structures
25
rank 22 of 55 in WV
Most common type
Lattice tower
48% of structures
Over 200 feet
21
84% of structures
Peak build decade
2000s
60% built then

Who owns the towers in Roane County

13 different registrants own the 25 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.

American Tower8Crown Castle7Eastern Gas Transmission and2LLoyd Hoff Holding Corp.1SVTC Series 5, LLC1OpenLink Partners LLC1SBA Communications1Verizon1
Constructed structures in Roane County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 304 feet, 47 feet taller than the West Virginia median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a tower near Spencer at 420 feet, built in 2011. Most 60% were built in the 2000s.

Lattice tower12Tower6Guyed tower4Other or unspecified2Mast1
Structures in Roane County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
11960s11980s31990s152000s42010s12020s
Structures in Roane 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
1276244Tower420 ft2011SpencerWest Virginia Emergency Management Division
1201224Guyed tower417 ft1999GayCrown Atlantic Company, LLC
1041366Guyed tower414 ft1995SpencerCrown Atlantic Company, LLC
1002593Guyed tower408 ft2015LooneyvilleCCATT LLC
1217846Lattice tower325 ft2009ClendeninCrown Communication LLC
1057945Guyed tower317 ft2015PenielCCATT LLC
1263856Tower310 ft2009ClendeninCellco Partnership
1221872Tower307 ft2007NewtonCrown Communication LLC
1254571Lattice tower305 ft2006NewtonAmerican Towers LLC
1264459Lattice tower305 ft2008WaltonAmerican Towers LLC
1264456Lattice tower304 ft2008SpencerAmerican Towers LLC
1264458Lattice tower304 ft2008GandeevilleAmerican Towers LLC
1264708Lattice tower304 ft2009SpencerAmerican Towers LLC
1264461Lattice tower303 ft2008WaltonAmerican Towers LLC
1270176Tower300 ft2009ReedyWV WISP LLC.
1224598Lattice tower290 ft2004NewtonAmerican Towers LLC
1224601Tower289 ft2004GlendeninOpenLink Partners LLC
1033485Lattice tower283 ft1965GandeevilleAmerican Towers LLC
1257383Mast281 ft2007WallbackCCATT LLC
1308726Lattice tower258 ft2019ClendeninTowerCo 2013 LLC
1321636Lattice tower242 ft2022PigeonEastern Gas Transmission and Storage, Inc.
1035679Lattice tower199 ft1990Flint TownSVTC Series 5, LLC
1253835Tower199 ft2006Left HandSBA Towers IX, LLC
1034312Other or unspecified180 ft2005Flag Knob MountainEastern Gas Transmission and Storage, Inc.
1033619Other or unspecified140 ft1982SpencerLLoyd Hoff Holding Corp.

If you have a tower lease in Roane 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: Greenbrier County (29), Ohio County (26), Summers County (26), Upshur County (25), Marshall County (24).

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.