Cell towers in Sanford, North Carolina
The FCC register lists 39 antenna structures in and around Sanford. That is the 13th highest count of any place in North Carolina.
Overview
39 antenna structures are registered with the FCC in Sanford, NC.
Area density is 1.18 per square mile — usually the more telling figure for infrastructure that follows terrain, roads and line of sight rather than population.
At a median of 70 m (229 ft), structures here run 10.2% shorter than the North Carolina median of 78 m (255 ft).
Global Signal Acquisitions LLC holds more registrations here than any other entity, at 7 of 39.
The earliest structure still on the register here dates from 1958.
Structure types
| Tower | 18 | 46% |
| Monopole | 8 | 21% |
| Lattice tower | 5 | 13% |
| Pole | 4 | 10% |
| Guyed tower | 4 | 10% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| Global Signal Acquisitions LLC Other | 7 | 18% |
| American Towers LLC Tower company | 6 | 15% |
| Crown Castle South LLC Tower company | 4 | 10% |
| Alltel Corporation Carrier | 3 | 8% |
| Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. Tower company | 3 | 8% |
Tallest registered structures
top 25 of 39| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 533 m (1,747 ft) | Tower | 2003 | Sba Towers III LLC | 2636355 |
| 152 m (500 ft) | Tower | 2008 | Wwgp Broadcasting Corporation | 2660256 |
| 127 m (415 ft) | Guyed tower | 1992 | American Towers LLC | 110349 |
| 127 m (415 ft) | Lattice tower | 2008 | North Carolina State Highway Patrol | 2656705 |
| 119 m (390 ft) | Guyed tower | 2003 | Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. | 109293 |
| 99 m (325 ft) | Lattice tower | 2003 | Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. | 2638094 |
| 97 m (318 ft) | Tower | 1991 | Sba Towers III LLC | 108206 |
| 96 m (314 ft) | Tower | 1997 | Crown Castle South LLC | 125814 |
| 95 m (311 ft) | Guyed tower | 2004 | American Towers LLC | 613743 |
| 92 m (303 ft) | Lattice tower | 2000 | Sba Properties, LLC | 2611269 |
| 79 m (259 ft) | Tower | 2007 | Ccatt LLC | 2653443 |
| 78 m (256 ft) | Monopole | 2008 | American Towers LLC | 2653013 |
| 77 m (251 ft) | Lattice tower | 1997 | Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. | 120691 |
| 76 m (250 ft) | Monopole | 2021 | Cti Towers Assets II, LLC | 2713755 |
| 74 m (243 ft) | Lattice tower | 1997 | Crown Castle South LLC | 126839 |
| 74 m (243 ft) | Tower | 2008 | Wwgp Broadcasting Corporation Dba = Wfja | 108797 |
| 72 m (236 ft) | Pole | 2004 | Ccatt LLC | 2643251 |
| 72 m (235 ft) | Monopole | 2000 | American Towers LLC | 621981 |
| 71 m (232 ft) | Tower | 1958 | Wgse Incorporated | 103787 |
| 70 m (229 ft) | Monopole | 2004 | Ccatt LLC | 2642054 |
| 69 m (225 ft) | Tower | 1984 | Central Electric Membership Corporation | 107968 |
| 66 m (215 ft) | Tower | 1995 | American Towers LLC | 110385 |
| 62 m (204 ft) | Tower | 2010 | Duke Energy Business Services, LLC | 108343 |
| 61 m (200 ft) | Monopole | 1997 | Crown Castle South LLC | 123636 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Guyed tower | 1995 | American Towers LLC | 110361 |
When they were registered
| 1950s | 1 | 3% |
| 1980s | 1 | 3% |
| 1990s | 9 | 23% |
| 2000s | 25 | 64% |
| 2010s | 2 | 5% |
| 2020s | 1 | 3% |
Nearby places
- Moncure 7
- Cameron 7
- Pittsboro 14
- Carthage 13
- Lillington 9
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.