Cell towers in Clayton, North Carolina
The FCC register lists 10 antenna structures in and around Clayton. That is the 107th highest count of any place in North Carolina.
Overview
Clayton, NC has 10 registered structures, the tallest standing 608 m (1,994 ft) above ground.
Counted against 32,633 residents, that is 30.6 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 63 m (207 ft) but the tallest is 608 m (1,994 ft), roughly 9.6 times that — usually the signature of a broadcast mast among shorter mobile sites.
Lattice towers (2) and guyed masts (1) 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 2026.
Structure types
| Monopole | 4 | 40% |
| Tower | 2 | 20% |
| Lattice tower | 2 | 20% |
| Pole | 1 | 10% |
| Guyed tower | 1 | 10% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| American Towers LLC Tower company | 2 | 20% |
| New Age Communications, INC.- Dba New 102.3 Other | 1 | 10% |
| Johnston, County Of Government | 1 | 10% |
| Wtvd Television, LLC Broadcaster | 1 | 10% |
| Towercom Iv-b, LLC Other | 1 | 10% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 608 m (1,994 ft) | Tower | 1978 | Wtvd Television, LLC | 114571 |
| 152 m (500 ft) | Guyed tower | 2010 | New Age Communications, INC.- Dba New 102.3 | 2667210 |
| 107 m (350 ft) | Tower | 2007 | Johnston, County Of | 2657589 |
| 97 m (317 ft) | Lattice tower | 2008 | American Towers LLC | 597606 |
| 66 m (215 ft) | Lattice tower | 1995 | American Towers LLC | 110307 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Monopole | 2002 | Sba 2012 Tc Assets, LLC | 2669112 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Monopole | 2025 | Towercom Iv-b, LLC | 2730898 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Pole | 2006 | Alltel Corporation | 2653347 |
| 52 m (171 ft) | Monopole | 2017 | Cti Towers Assets II, LLC | 2702572 |
| 38 m (124 ft) | Monopole | 2026 | Duke Energy Business Services, LLC | 2732894 |
When they were registered
| 1970s | 1 | 10% |
| 1990s | 1 | 10% |
| 2000s | 4 | 40% |
| 2010s | 2 | 20% |
| 2020s | 2 | 20% |
Nearby places
- Garner 13
- Smithfield 11
- Wendell 16
- Selma 10
- Zebulon 18
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.