Cell towers in Shelby, North Carolina
The FCC register lists 27 antenna structures in and around Shelby. That is the 27th highest count of any place in North Carolina.
Overview
Shelby, NC has 27 registered structures, the tallest standing 127 m (416 ft) above ground.
That works out to 115.8 structures per 100,000 residents, against a population of 23,309.
Median height here is 82 m (270 ft), compared with 78 m (255 ft) across North Carolina as a whole.
By structure type the register shows 6 monopoles and 7 lattice towers, plus 2 guyed masts.
Registrations here span 1990 to 2024.
Structure types
| Tower | 9 | 33% |
| Lattice tower | 7 | 26% |
| Monopole | 6 | 22% |
| Pole | 2 | 7% |
| Guyed tower | 2 | 7% |
| Not specified | 1 | 4% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| American Towers LLC Tower company | 7 | 26% |
| Sba 2012 Tc Assets, LLC Tower company | 2 | 7% |
| Alltel Corporation Carrier | 2 | 7% |
| Oklahoma Rsa No 4 Partnership Other | 1 | 4% |
| North Carolina Dot Aviation Other | 1 | 4% |
Tallest registered structures
top 25 of 27| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 127 m (416 ft) | Not specified | 2006 | County of Cleveland | 2649288 |
| 106 m (349 ft) | Guyed tower | 2000 | American Towers LLC | 2606682 |
| 102 m (335 ft) | Guyed tower | 1999 | American Towers LLC | 2604343 |
| 98 m (321 ft) | Tower | 1997 | Pinnacle Towers Acquisition LLC | 102781 |
| 98 m (320 ft) | Lattice tower | 1999 | American Towers LLC | 103636 |
| 96 m (314 ft) | Lattice tower | 1997 | Crown Atlantic Company, LLC | 106724 |
| 96 m (314 ft) | Tower | 1993 | North Carolina 4 Cellular Limited Partnership | 107794 |
| 95 m (311 ft) | Tower | 1998 | Crown Castle South LLC | 98138 |
| 93 m (305 ft) | Tower | 2005 | Alltel Corporation | 2647985 |
| 92 m (303 ft) | Lattice tower | 2006 | Alltel Corporation | 2651696 |
| 88 m (289 ft) | Lattice tower | 2024 | Tillman Infrastructure, LLC | 2723035 |
| 86 m (283 ft) | Tower | 2000 | Sba Properties, LLC | 2615068 |
| 82 m (270 ft) | Lattice tower | 1990 | Duke Energy Business Services, LLC | 107782 |
| 82 m (270 ft) | Tower | 2005 | Sba 2012 Tc Assets, LLC | 2644420 |
| 78 m (255 ft) | Lattice tower | 2007 | American Towers LLC | 2654977 |
| 73 m (240 ft) | Lattice tower | 2002 | Sba Towers II LLC | 2635594 |
| 73 m (240 ft) | Pole | 2004 | Sba 2012 Tc Assets, LLC | 2641413 |
| 61 m (200 ft) | Monopole | 2023 | Cityswitch II, LLC | 2720244 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Monopole | 2009 | American Towers LLC | 2670558 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Monopole | 2014 | American Towers LLC | 2688587 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Monopole | 2016 | Cellco Partnership | 2696498 |
| 58 m (190 ft) | Tower | 1994 | Oklahoma Rsa No 4 Partnership | 110228 |
| 55 m (181 ft) | Monopole | 2024 | Towercom Iv-b, LLC | 2728206 |
| 47 m (154 ft) | Monopole | 2015 | American Towers LLC | 2693751 |
| 44 m (145 ft) | Pole | 2004 | Global Signal Acquisitions LLC | 2639980 |
When they were registered
| 1990s | 8 | 30% |
| 2000s | 13 | 48% |
| 2010s | 3 | 11% |
| 2020s | 3 | 11% |
Nearby places
- Mooresboro 7
- Kings Mountain 11
- Bostic 8
- Forest City 12
- Dallas 11
About this data
All figures on this page are aggregated from the federal antenna structure register of 2026-08-23, not from carrier coverage data. The two answer different questions.
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.