Cell towers in Lincoln, Illinois
The FCC register lists 25 antenna structures in and around Lincoln. That is the 15th highest count of any place in Illinois.
Overview
Lincoln, IL has 25 registered structures, the tallest standing 91 m (299 ft) above ground.
Counted against 12,981 residents, that is 192.6 per 100,000 — worth reading alongside area density, since structures cluster along roads and ridgelines rather than where people sleep.
Heights are uneven: the median is 49 m (160 ft) but the tallest is 91 m (299 ft), roughly 1.9 times that — usually the signature of a broadcast mast among shorter mobile sites.
American Towers LLC holds more registrations here than any other entity, at 5 of 25.
The most recent registration on file here dates from 2016.
Structure types
| Tower | 16 | 64% |
| Monopole | 3 | 12% |
| Pole | 2 | 8% |
| Lattice tower | 2 | 8% |
| Mast | 1 | 4% |
| Guyed tower | 1 | 4% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| American Towers LLC Tower company | 5 | 20% |
| Union Pacific Railroad Company Railroad | 4 | 16% |
| Cornerstone Community Radio, INC. Broadcaster | 2 | 8% |
| Ag Land Fs INC. Other | 1 | 4% |
| Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital Other | 1 | 4% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 91 m (299 ft) | Tower | 1995 | Crown Castle Gt Company, LLC | 113465 |
| 87 m (285 ft) | Tower | 1997 | American Towers LLC | 100355 |
| 78 m (255 ft) | Tower | 1998 | American Towers LLC | 105827 |
| 69 m (227 ft) | Tower | 1998 | American Towers LLC | 617609 |
| 67 m (220 ft) | Tower | 1984 | Illinois, State Of | 98742 |
| 66 m (217 ft) | Tower | 2001 | American Towers LLC | 2617713 |
| 65 m (213 ft) | Tower | 2006 | Global Tower, LLC. Through American Towers, LLC | 98827 |
| 61 m (200 ft) | Tower | 2009 | Cornerstone Community Radio, INC. | 125459 |
| 60 m (196 ft) | Pole | 2011 | Octagon Towers, LLC | 2678937 |
| 59 m (192 ft) | Mast | 2000 | Sbc Tower Holdings LLC | 2606025 |
| 52 m (171 ft) | Tower | 2010 | Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital | 2676120 |
| 49 m (160 ft) | Tower | 2003 | Logan County | 2633559 |
| 49 m (160 ft) | Tower | 2007 | Logan, County Of | 2651337 |
| 46 m (150 ft) | Monopole | 2016 | Sba Towers X, LLC | 2695093 |
| 45 m (148 ft) | Lattice tower | 2001 | American Towers LLC | 2615455 |
| 44 m (145 ft) | Tower | 2001 | Ccaonline, INC. | 2620907 |
| 38 m (126 ft) | Tower | 2009 | Ameren Illinois Company | 2666278 |
| 30 m (100 ft) | Tower | 2002 | Union Pacific Railroad Company | 2638237 |
| 28 m (93 ft) | Lattice tower | 2013 | Lincoln College | 2684927 |
| 27 m (89 ft) | Guyed tower | 2014 | Ag Land Fs INC. | 2686893 |
| 27 m (89 ft) | Tower | 2000 | Cornerstone Community Radio, INC. | 2611272 |
| 18 m (60 ft) | Monopole | 2016 | Union Pacific Railroad Company | 2691299 |
| 18 m (60 ft) | Monopole | 2016 | Union Pacific Railroad Company | 2691881 |
| 15 m (48 ft) | Pole | 2012 | Union Pacific Railroad Company | 2684199 |
| 11 m (35 ft) | Tower | 1992 | County of Logan Logan CO Airport | 2631882 |
When they were registered
| 1980s | 1 | 4% |
| 1990s | 5 | 20% |
| 2000s | 11 | 44% |
| 2010s | 8 | 32% |
Nearby places
- Mount Pulaski 5
- Delavan 6
- Clinton 9
- Tremont 7
- Petersburg 8
About this data
Source is the FCC Antenna Structure Registration file of 2026-08-23. What it records is structures, not the radios mounted on them: the register cannot tell you which carrier operates from a given site.
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.