Cell towers in Hickory, North Carolina
The FCC register lists 37 antenna structures in and around Hickory. That is the 17th highest count of any place in North Carolina.
Overview
Hickory, NC has 37 registered antenna structures on the FCC register — the 17th largest count among the 603 places in North Carolina that have any.
Counted against 45,975 residents, that is 80.5 per 100,000 — worth reading alongside area density, since structures cluster along roads and ridgelines rather than where people sleep.
At a median of 60 m (198 ft), structures here run 22.4% shorter than the North Carolina median of 78 m (255 ft).
Lattice towers (9) 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 oldest structure on file here was registered in 1942, the newest in 2025 — 83 years of build-out visible in one register.
Structure types
| Tower | 9 | 24% |
| Lattice tower | 9 | 24% |
| Monopole | 8 | 22% |
| Tower array | 4 | 11% |
| Pole | 3 | 8% |
| Building with tower | 2 | 5% |
| Not specified | 1 | 3% |
| Guyed tower | 1 | 3% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| American Towers LLC Tower company | 11 | 30% |
| Whky, LLC Other | 5 | 14% |
| Crown Castle South LLC Tower company | 5 | 14% |
| Crown Atlantic Company, LLC Tower company | 4 | 11% |
| Connect Holding LLC D/b/a Brightspeed Other | 2 | 5% |
Tallest registered structures
top 25 of 37| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 148 m (485 ft) | Tower | 1967 | Whky, LLC | 121560 |
| 111 m (364 ft) | Guyed tower | 2024 | At&t Mobility Spectrum LLC | 110158 |
| 98 m (320 ft) | Tower | 1999 | City of Hickory | 1098321 |
| 97 m (317 ft) | Lattice tower | 2009 | Crown Castle South LLC | 111225 |
| 88 m (290 ft) | Lattice tower | 2016 | Newton-conover Communications, INC | 111509 |
| 82 m (270 ft) | Tower | 1989 | Crown Atlantic Company, LLC | 98226 |
| 81 m (265 ft) | Tower | 1999 | Sba Towers, LLC | 625036 |
| 80 m (262 ft) | Tower | 1989 | Crown Atlantic Company, LLC | 98228 |
| 75 m (245 ft) | Tower | 2001 | Crown Castle South LLC | 2623130 |
| 73 m (240 ft) | Lattice tower | 2011 | American Towers LLC | 2678316 |
| 69 m (226 ft) | Lattice tower | 1994 | American Towers LLC | 110161 |
| 63 m (208 ft) | Tower array | 1942 | Whky, LLC | 121375 |
| 63 m (208 ft) | Tower array | 1942 | Whky, LLC | 121376 |
| 63 m (208 ft) | Tower array | 1942 | Whky, LLC | 121377 |
| 63 m (208 ft) | Tower array | 1942 | Whky, LLC | 121378 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Tower | 1997 | Crown Atlantic Company, LLC | 97260 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Lattice tower | 1997 | American Towers LLC | 609257 |
| 60 m (198 ft) | Pole | 1999 | American Towers LLC | 2600654 |
| 60 m (198 ft) | Lattice tower | 1994 | Vertical Bridge Towers, LLC | 110159 |
| 60 m (198 ft) | Monopole | 2000 | American Towers LLC | 616926 |
| 58 m (191 ft) | Pole | 2010 | Crown Castle South LLC | 111552 |
| 58 m (190 ft) | Monopole | 2018 | American Towers LLC | 1097533 |
| 56 m (185 ft) | Monopole | 2011 | American Towers LLC | 2679808 |
| 55 m (180 ft) | Not specified | 2009 | North Carolina State Highway Patrol | 2670050 |
| 53 m (175 ft) | Lattice tower | 1996 | Crown Castle South LLC | 111542 |
When they were registered
| 1940s | 4 | 11% |
| 1960s | 1 | 3% |
| 1980s | 2 | 5% |
| 1990s | 12 | 32% |
| 2000s | 8 | 22% |
| 2010s | 7 | 19% |
| 2020s | 3 | 8% |
Nearby places
- Granite Falls 6
- Newton 7
- Claremont 6
- Maiden 7
- Valdese 5
About this data
Counts here are computed from the FCC's registered structure file, dated 2026-08-23. If a mast near you is missing, the usual reason is that it sits below the 200-foot registration threshold.
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.