Cell towers in Benton, Illinois
The FCC register lists 21 antenna structures in and around Benton. That is the 24th highest count of any place in Illinois.
Overview
Benton, IL has 21 registered antenna structures on the FCC register — the 24th largest count among the 1,119 places in Illinois that have any.
The register works out to 3.83 structures per square mile here.
Half the registered structures here are taller than 60 m (197 ft) and half are shorter.
The mix here is 7 lattice towers, 1 monopole, 1 guyed mast — the rest of the register is made up of rooftops, water tanks and structures the FCC records without a specific type.
The oldest structure on file here was registered in 1987, the newest in 2024 — 37 years of build-out visible in one register.
Structure types
| Tower | 10 | 48% |
| Lattice tower | 7 | 33% |
| Not specified | 1 | 5% |
| Pole | 1 | 5% |
| Monopole | 1 | 5% |
| Guyed tower | 1 | 5% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| Cellco Partnership Carrier | 4 | 19% |
| American Towers LLC Tower company | 3 | 14% |
| Ameren Illinois Company Other | 2 | 10% |
| Benton, City Of Government | 1 | 5% |
| Benton Municipal Airport Board Other | 1 | 5% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 152 m (499 ft) | Guyed tower | 2006 | Cti Towers Assets II, LLC | 2650248 |
| 92 m (303 ft) | Not specified | 1999 | Wisper Tower Holdings, INC. | 128210 |
| 82 m (270 ft) | Tower | 1987 | J & O Communications | 2601911 |
| 81 m (266 ft) | Tower | 2000 | Vb-s1 Assets, LLC | 2618210 |
| 79 m (260 ft) | Lattice tower | 1991 | Cellco Partnership | 2598488 |
| 75 m (245 ft) | Lattice tower | 2015 | Illinois Central Railroad Company | 2694873 |
| 73 m (239 ft) | Lattice tower | 2012 | American Towers LLC | 2682804 |
| 71 m (234 ft) | Lattice tower | 2013 | Sba Towers V, LLC | 2686461 |
| 61 m (200 ft) | Tower | 2002 | Sba Structures, LLC | 2627489 |
| 61 m (200 ft) | Tower | 2006 | Cellco Partnership | 2647720 |
| 60 m (197 ft) | Tower | 2012 | US Army Corps of Engineers | 2683390 |
| 59 m (195 ft) | Tower | 2010 | Cellco Partnership | 2666954 |
| 58 m (190 ft) | Lattice tower | 2002 | American Towers LLC | 2633922 |
| 46 m (150 ft) | Tower | 1989 | Ameren Illinois Company | 113959 |
| 45 m (148 ft) | Tower | 1999 | Benton, City Of | 624122 |
| 44 m (143 ft) | Lattice tower | 2024 | Union Pacific Railroad Company | 2723737 |
| 43 m (140 ft) | Tower | 2004 | Illinois, State Of | 2638085 |
| 40 m (130 ft) | Monopole | 2015 | Cellco Partnership | 2692988 |
| 31 m (100 ft) | Tower | 1987 | Ameren Illinois Company | 113960 |
| 30 m (97 ft) | Lattice tower | 2003 | American Towers LLC | 2638219 |
| 6.2 m (20 ft) | Pole | 2006 | Benton Municipal Airport Board | 2654526 |
When they were registered
| 1980s | 3 | 14% |
| 1990s | 3 | 14% |
| 2000s | 8 | 38% |
| 2010s | 6 | 29% |
| 2020s | 1 | 5% |
Nearby places
- West Frankfort 9
- Ina 5
- Thompsonville 7
- Johnston City 12
- Opdyke 5
About this data
Counts here are computed from the FCC's registered structure file, dated 2026-08-23. If a mast near you is missing, the usual reason is that it sits below the 200-foot registration threshold.
The FCC Antenna Structure Registration database covers structures that require registration — generally those over 200 feet or near airports. Many small cells, rooftop antennas and short towers are not registered and will not appear here.
"Owner" is the entity that registered the structure, usually a tower company such as American Tower or Crown Castle. It does not indicate which carriers operate equipment on the structure.