Cell towers in Elgin, Illinois
The FCC register lists 21 antenna structures in and around Elgin. That is the 24th highest count of any place in Illinois.
Overview
21 antenna structures are registered with the FCC in Elgin, IL.
The register works out to 0.55 structures per square mile here.
Median height here is 59 m (194 ft), compared with 63 m (206 ft) across Illinois as a whole.
The largest registered owner here is American Towers LLC, which holds 7 of them — 33.3% of the local total. Owner is not the same as carrier: tower companies lease space on their structures to several networks at once.
The oldest structure on file here was registered in 1982, the newest in 2016 — 34 years of build-out visible in one register.
Structure types
| Tower | 9 | 43% |
| Pole | 4 | 19% |
| Monopole | 3 | 14% |
| Guyed tower | 3 | 14% |
| Lattice tower | 1 | 5% |
| Building with antenna | 1 | 5% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| American Towers LLC Tower company | 7 | 33% |
| Sba Monarch Towers III, LLC Tower company | 2 | 10% |
| T-mobile USA Tower LLC Carrier | 2 | 10% |
| Cook, County Of Government | 1 | 5% |
| Illinois, State of Dba = Illinois State Police Government | 1 | 5% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 152 m (500 ft) | Tower | 1993 | American Towers LLC | 113676 |
| 151 m (494 ft) | Guyed tower | 1996 | American Towers LLC | 109928 |
| 145 m (477 ft) | Guyed tower | 1988 | American Towers LLC | 113675 |
| 128 m (419 ft) | Tower | 1996 | Illinois, State of Dba = Illinois State Police | 112847 |
| 95 m (310 ft) | Tower | 1993 | Illinois State Toll Highway Authority | 112817 |
| 79 m (260 ft) | Tower | 2004 | Cook, County Of | 2636221 |
| 77 m (254 ft) | Tower | 1984 | Ccatt LLC | 98713 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Guyed tower | 1982 | American Towers LLC | 104635 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Tower | 2000 | T-mobile USA Tower LLC | 2612741 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Pole | 2003 | Vb-s1 Assets, LLC | 2641080 |
| 59 m (194 ft) | Tower | 2008 | Sba Monarch Towers III, LLC | 2660200 |
| 50 m (165 ft) | Pole | 2001 | T-mobile Central LLC | 2613735 |
| 49 m (160 ft) | Pole | 2001 | Stc Two LLC | 2619415 |
| 49 m (159 ft) | Monopole | 2007 | Sba Towers III LLC | 2656250 |
| 48 m (158 ft) | Tower | 2010 | Sba Monarch Towers III, LLC | 2666031 |
| 48 m (156 ft) | Lattice tower | 2000 | American Towers LLC | 2614072 |
| 47 m (153 ft) | Pole | 1993 | Crown Castle Gt Company, LLC | 113023 |
| 39 m (128 ft) | Monopole | 2001 | American Towers LLC | 2621194 |
| 38 m (126 ft) | Monopole | 2016 | American Towers LLC | 2697370 |
| 37 m (120 ft) | Building with antenna | 2004 | T-mobile USA Tower LLC | 2639340 |
| 34 m (111 ft) | Tower | 2005 | Crown Castle Tower 05 LLC | 2623264 |
When they were registered
| 1980s | 3 | 14% |
| 1990s | 5 | 24% |
| 2000s | 11 | 52% |
| 2010s | 2 | 10% |
Nearby places
- Wayne 5
- Streamwood 5
- St. Charles 19
- Bartlett 6
- Huntley 7
About this data
Figures are drawn from the FCC's public antenna structure register (2026-08-23). It covers structures that need registering — broadly those over 200 feet or close to an airport — and not the many shorter installations that carry mobile traffic.
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.