Cell towers in Franklin, North Carolina
The FCC register lists 14 antenna structures in and around Franklin. That is the 64th highest count of any place in North Carolina.
Overview
14 antenna structures are registered with the FCC in Franklin, NC.
Per head that is 318 structures for every 100,000 people; per unit of area it is 2.83 per square mile.
Half the registered structures here are taller than 54 m (176 ft) and half are shorter.
The mix here is 7 monopoles, 2 lattice towers — 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 1957, the newest in 2026 — 69 years of build-out visible in one register.
Structure types
| Monopole | 7 | 50% |
| Tower | 3 | 21% |
| Lattice tower | 2 | 14% |
| Not specified | 1 | 7% |
| Pole | 1 | 7% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| North Carolina State Highway Patrol Other | 3 | 21% |
| Sba Towers Vi, LLC Tower company | 2 | 14% |
| Sutton Radiocasting Corporation Other | 1 | 7% |
| Ncdot Aviation Other | 1 | 7% |
| Towercom IV, LLC Other | 1 | 7% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98 m (320 ft) | Tower | 2012 | North Carolina State Highway Patrol | 2680226 |
| 62 m (205 ft) | Tower | 1957 | Sutton Radiocasting Corporation | 611964 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Pole | 2002 | Crown Castle South LLC | 2635328 |
| 56 m (185 ft) | Monopole | 2003 | Sba Structures, LLC | 2637791 |
| 55 m (180 ft) | Not specified | 2011 | North Carolina State Highway Patrol | 2675436 |
| 55 m (179 ft) | Monopole | 2020 | Towercom IV, LLC | 2714988 |
| 54 m (176 ft) | Lattice tower | 2005 | Sba Towers Vi, LLC | 2645031 |
| 53 m (175 ft) | Monopole | 2026 | Towerco V Holdings LLC | 2729364 |
| 53 m (174 ft) | Monopole | 2009 | Sba Towers Vi, LLC | 2657543 |
| 47 m (154 ft) | Monopole | 2023 | Southern Towers Bts, LP | 2727916 |
| 43 m (142 ft) | Monopole | 2017 | Apex Towers, LLC | 2696524 |
| 37 m (120 ft) | Lattice tower | 2015 | North Carolina State Highway Patrol | 2649163 |
| 35 m (115 ft) | Monopole | 2013 | Duke Energy Business Services, LLC | 2686343 |
| 8.3 m (27 ft) | Tower | 2003 | Ncdot Aviation | 2634398 |
When they were registered
| 1950s | 1 | 7% |
| 2000s | 5 | 36% |
| 2010s | 5 | 36% |
| 2020s | 3 | 21% |
Nearby places
- Sylva 6
- Bryson City 6
- Waynesville 7
- Clyde 5
- Murphy 9
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.