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WV · #30 of 51 by structures

Cell towers in West Virginia

West Virginia has 1,491 constructed antenna structures in the FCC registry — 1% of the national total and number 30 of 51. The most common kind is the tower (41%), the median overall height is 257 feet, and 63% stand taller than 200 feet. The largest owner is Crown Castle, with 252 structures (17%).

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  1. 1Constructed structures 1,491
  2. 2Median height 257 ft
  3. 3Largest owner Crown Castle
  4. 4Counties with a county page 45
Kanawha County133Harrison County79Monongalia County70Cabell County58Raleigh County54Marion County52Mercer County52Preston County52Wood County51Randolph County50
Constructed FCC-registered structures in West Virginia's ten counties with the most, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Who owns West Virginia's towers

The FCC registry names the owner of each structure. In West Virginia the eight largest owner groups hold 994 of the 1,491 structures. Where a tower stands on leased land, that owner — or whoever bought the tower from it — is usually the landowner's tenant and the party a lease buyout offer is ultimately about.

Crown Castle252American Tower218SBA Communications169Array Digital Infrastructure121West Virginia Emergency Mana75LLoyd Hoff Holding Corp.60Verizon51Alltel48
Constructed structures in West Virginia by owner group, bars to scale. Families group registrant names carrying the brand; private owners' names are withheld. Source: FCC ASR.

Types and age

More of West Virginia's registered structures went up in the 2000s than in any other decade (41%). A tower's age matters to a landowner because a ground lease runs for a set term plus renewals: the older the tower, the more of that term has been used, and the fewer years of rent are left to value when an offer arrives.

Tower611Lattice tower533Guyed tower112Other or unspecified101Monopole71Pole39Mast16On a building7Tree / stealth1
Constructed structures in West Virginia by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR structure types.
201950s191960s361970s851980s2801990s6112000s3282010s1022020s
Structures in West Virginia by decade built (1950s on), columns to scale. Source: FCC ASR construction dates.

Every county

Barbour County 15Berkeley County 32Boone County 14Braxton County 39Brooke County 13Cabell County 58Calhoun County 3Clay County 17Doddridge County 13Fayette County 39Gilmer County 11Grant County 5Greenbrier County 29Hampshire County 11Hancock County 14Hardy County 9Harrison County 79Jackson County 43Jefferson County 11Kanawha County 133Lewis County 32Lincoln County 22Logan County 23Marion County 52Marshall County 24Mason County 21McDowell County 13Mercer County 52Mineral County 11Mingo County 16Monongalia County 70Monroe County 6Morgan County 13Nicholas County 36Ohio County 26Pendleton County 4Pleasants County 8Pocahontas County 5Preston County 52Putnam County 39Raleigh County 54Randolph County 50Ritchie County 12Roane County 25Summers County 26Taylor County 22Tucker County 9Tyler County 13Upshur County 25Wayne County 40Webster County 9Wetzel County 16Wirt County 6Wood County 51Wyoming County 20

Counties with fewer than 10 structures have no page of their own; their towers are in the lookup.

Source: FCC Antenna Structure Registration, weekly public access file (r_tower.zip, created 2026-10-18); county names from the U.S. Census Bureau 2024 gazetteer. Checked 2026-10-23. Methodology.