Cell towers in Hillsborough, North Carolina
The FCC register lists 13 antenna structures in and around Hillsborough. That is the 71st highest count of any place in North Carolina.
Overview
13 antenna structures are registered with the FCC in Hillsborough, NC.
That works out to 133 structures per 100,000 residents, against a population of 9,778.
At a median of 65 m (212 ft), structures here run 16.9% shorter than the North Carolina median of 78 m (255 ft).
The largest registered owner here is American Towers LLC, which holds 4 of them — 30.8% of the local total. Owner is not the same as carrier: tower companies lease space on their structures to several networks at once.
The earliest structure still on the register here dates from 1954.
Structure types
| Tower | 6 | 46% |
| Guyed tower | 3 | 23% |
| Monopole | 2 | 15% |
| Not specified | 1 | 8% |
| Lattice tower | 1 | 8% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| American Towers LLC Tower company | 4 | 31% |
| North Carolina State Highway Patrol Other | 2 | 15% |
| Pinnacle Towers LLC Tower company | 2 | 15% |
| Orange County Emergency Services Other | 1 | 8% |
| Duke Energy Business Services, LLC Utility | 1 | 8% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 130 m (425 ft) | Tower | 1984 | North Carolina State Highway Patrol | 107963 |
| 96 m (315 ft) | Guyed tower | 1996 | American Towers LLC | 110389 |
| 95 m (311 ft) | Tower | 2010 | Crown Castle Gt Company, LLC | 109163 |
| 83 m (271 ft) | Guyed tower | 2003 | American Towers LLC | 98361 |
| 80 m (262 ft) | Tower | 2011 | Duke Energy Business Services, LLC | 2679840 |
| 76 m (250 ft) | Guyed tower | 1994 | American Towers LLC | 110551 |
| 65 m (212 ft) | Lattice tower | 1954 | American Towers LLC | 110828 |
| 61 m (200 ft) | Monopole | 2001 | Sba Towers, LLC | 2630480 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Monopole | 2026 | Towerco V Holdings LLC | 2731124 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Tower | 1998 | Pinnacle Towers LLC | 2620198 |
| 55 m (180 ft) | Not specified | 2008 | North Carolina State Highway Patrol | 2665094 |
| 49 m (159 ft) | Tower | 1998 | Pinnacle Towers LLC | 622229 |
| 48 m (159 ft) | Tower | 2008 | Orange County Emergency Services | 2659343 |
When they were registered
| 1950s | 1 | 8% |
| 1980s | 1 | 8% |
| 1990s | 4 | 31% |
| 2000s | 4 | 31% |
| 2010s | 2 | 15% |
| 2020s | 1 | 8% |
Nearby places
- Mebane 9
- Chapel Hill 18
- Durham 55
- Rougemont 7
- Saxapahaw 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.