Cell towers in Mount Vernon, Illinois
The FCC register lists 20 antenna structures in and around Mount Vernon. That is the 28th highest count of any place in Illinois.
Overview
Mount Vernon, IL has 20 registered structures, the tallest standing 159 m (521 ft) above ground.
The 20 structures here sit at 1.36 per square mile of land.
Heights are uneven: the median is 56 m (185 ft) but the tallest is 159 m (521 ft), roughly 2.8 times that — usually the signature of a broadcast mast among shorter mobile sites.
Lattice towers (1) and guyed masts (3) between them make up much of the register here — both are older, taller designs than the monopoles that dominate newer urban sites.
The most recent registration on file here dates from 2016.
Structure types
| Tower | 9 | 45% |
| Guyed tower | 3 | 15% |
| Tower array | 2 | 10% |
| Pole | 2 | 10% |
| Monopole | 2 | 10% |
| Not specified | 1 | 5% |
| Lattice tower | 1 | 5% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| Norfolk Southern Railway Company Railroad | 3 | 15% |
| American Towers LLC Tower company | 3 | 15% |
| Withers Broadcasting Company of Illinois, LLC Broadcaster | 2 | 10% |
| Farrar Oil Company Other | 1 | 5% |
| Holloway Heating & Air Conditioning INC Other | 1 | 5% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 159 m (521 ft) | Tower array | 1980 | Withers Broadcasting Company of Illinois, LLC | 116475 |
| 95 m (313 ft) | Guyed tower | 2001 | American Towers LLC | 2620548 |
| 90 m (296 ft) | Guyed tower | 1995 | Vertical Bridge S3 Assets, LLC | 114098 |
| 81 m (267 ft) | Tower array | 1980 | Withers Broadcasting Company of Illinois, LLC | 116476 |
| 79 m (260 ft) | Tower | 2006 | Cis Communications, LLC | 2623859 |
| 76 m (250 ft) | Tower | 1994 | Ameren Illinois Company | 114000 |
| 65 m (213 ft) | Not specified | 1983 | Tri County Electric Coop, INC | 2606021 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Lattice tower | 2000 | American Towers LLC | 2700198 |
| 58 m (190 ft) | Tower | 1979 | Roy Walker Communications INC | 113525 |
| 58 m (190 ft) | Tower | 2012 | Wisper Tower Holdings, INC. | 2681748 |
| 55 m (180 ft) | Guyed tower | 1994 | Cellco Partnership | 127669 |
| 51 m (168 ft) | Tower | 2001 | Sba Structures, LLC | 2626712 |
| 49 m (161 ft) | Monopole | 2007 | American Towers LLC | 2659880 |
| 34 m (110 ft) | Tower | 2012 | Union Pacific Railroad Company | 2644183 |
| 29 m (95 ft) | Tower | 1992 | Holloway Heating & Air Conditioning INC | 2598889 |
| 24 m (80 ft) | Tower | 1990 | Csx Transportation | 1097588 |
| 18 m (60 ft) | Tower | 2001 | Farrar Oil Company | 2624744 |
| 12 m (40 ft) | Monopole | 2016 | Norfolk Southern Railway Company | 2698685 |
| 8.5 m (28 ft) | Pole | 2012 | Norfolk Southern Railway Company | 2683371 |
| 7.0 m (23 ft) | Pole | 2012 | Norfolk Southern Railway Company | 2680205 |
When they were registered
| 1970s | 1 | 5% |
| 1980s | 3 | 15% |
| 1990s | 5 | 25% |
| 2000s | 6 | 30% |
| 2010s | 5 | 25% |
Nearby places
- Woodlawn 11
- Opdyke 5
- Bluford 6
- Ina 5
- Wayne City 6
About this data
All figures on this page are aggregated from the federal antenna structure register of 2026-08-23, not from carrier coverage data. The two answer different questions.
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.