Cell towers in Charlestown, Rhode Island
The FCC register lists 6 antenna structures in and around Charlestown. That is the 10th highest count of any place in Rhode Island.
Overview
Charlestown, RI has 6 registered antenna structures on the FCC register — the 10th largest count among the 31 places in Rhode Island that have any.
Area density is 2.65 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 59 m (192 ft), structures here run 19.3% taller than the Rhode Island median of 49 m (161 ft).
The mix here is 2 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 1996, the newest in 2020 — 24 years of build-out visible in one register.
Structure types
| Tower | 2 | 33% |
| Monopole | 2 | 33% |
| Lattice tower | 2 | 33% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| State of Rhode Island Government | 1 | 17% |
| Sba Infrastructure, LLC Tower company | 1 | 17% |
| At&t CORP Carrier | 1 | 17% |
| Sba Towers X, LLC Tower company | 1 | 17% |
| Sba Towers II LLC Tower company | 1 | 17% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 91 m (297 ft) | Tower | 1996 | At&t CORP | 125340 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Lattice tower | 2002 | Sba Towers II LLC | 2632558 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Tower | 2012 | American Towers LLC | 2681582 |
| 56 m (185 ft) | Lattice tower | 2020 | State of Rhode Island | 2713009 |
| 46 m (150 ft) | Monopole | 2011 | Sba Towers X, LLC | 2675221 |
| 43 m (140 ft) | Monopole | 2007 | Sba Infrastructure, LLC | 2657953 |
When they were registered
| 1990s | 1 | 17% |
| 2000s | 2 | 33% |
| 2010s | 2 | 33% |
| 2020s | 1 | 17% |
Nearby places
- Kingston 11
- Westerly 12
- Wyoming 12
- Newport East 8
- Melville 6
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.