Cell towers in North Charleston, South Carolina
The FCC register lists 49 antenna structures in and around North Charleston. That is the 11th highest count of any place in South Carolina.
Overview
49 antenna structures are registered with the FCC in North Charleston, SC.
The register works out to 0.63 structures per square mile here.
At a median of 46 m (150 ft), structures here run 42.3% shorter than the South Carolina median of 79 m (260 ft).
The largest registered owner here is American Towers LLC, which holds 10 of them — 20.4% 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 1984.
Structure types
| Monopole | 24 | 49% |
| Tower | 12 | 24% |
| Mast | 5 | 10% |
| Pole | 3 | 6% |
| Lattice tower | 3 | 6% |
| Not specified | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 1 | 2% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| American Towers LLC Tower company | 10 | 20% |
| Optima Towers IV, LLC Tower company | 6 | 12% |
| Skyway Towers, LLC Tower company | 4 | 8% |
| Cellco Partnership Carrier | 3 | 6% |
| Optima Towers Vi, LLC Tower company | 2 | 4% |
Tallest registered structures
top 25 of 49| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 110 m (360 ft) | Mast | 1996 | Cellco Partnership | 103742 |
| 100 m (328 ft) | Tower | 2001 | Thomas B. Daniels | 615257 |
| 96 m (315 ft) | Not specified | 2006 | Charleston, County Of | 624079 |
| 81 m (265 ft) | Lattice tower | 1994 | Cellco Partnership | 608306 |
| 69 m (226 ft) | Tower | 1984 | Kirkman Broadcasting, INC. | 614075 |
| 59 m (195 ft) | Tower | 1997 | Truluck Industries INC | 621804 |
| 59 m (192 ft) | Mast | 1999 | Crown Castle Gt Company, LLC | 602663 |
| 58 m (189 ft) | Tower | 1998 | American Towers LLC | 616082 |
| 55 m (181 ft) | Lattice tower | 1994 | American Towers LLC | 608303 |
| 55 m (179 ft) | Monopole | 2009 | Sba Towers X, LLC | 2668076 |
| 54 m (178 ft) | Monopole | 2026 | Optima Towers IV, LLC | 2730283 |
| 53 m (175 ft) | Monopole | 2016 | K2 Towers III, LLC | 2697379 |
| 52 m (172 ft) | Monopole | 2019 | Optima Towers Vi, LLC | 2707385 |
| 52 m (169 ft) | Monopole | 2007 | Sba Towers IV, LLC | 2665899 |
| 50 m (165 ft) | Monopole | 2018 | Optima Towers IV, LLC | 2705039 |
| 50 m (165 ft) | Monopole | 2016 | American Towers LLC | 2694364 |
| 50 m (164 ft) | Monopole | 2019 | Optima Towers Vi, LLC | 2706253 |
| 49 m (160 ft) | Monopole | 2015 | Skyway Towers, LLC | 2694986 |
| 49 m (160 ft) | Monopole | 2018 | Optima Towers IV, LLC | 2705941 |
| 47 m (155 ft) | Monopole | 2017 | Skyway Towers, LLC | 2725854 |
| 47 m (155 ft) | Tower | 1998 | American Towers LLC | 616924 |
| 47 m (154 ft) | Tower | 1996 | American Towers LLC | 610122 |
| 47 m (154 ft) | Monopole | 2022 | Milestone Towers | 2722485 |
| 46 m (150 ft) | Monopole | 2018 | Optima Towers IV, LLC | 2704776 |
| 46 m (150 ft) | Tower | 1994 | Crown Castle Gt Company, LLC | 103737 |
When they were registered
| 1980s | 2 | 4% |
| 1990s | 13 | 27% |
| 2000s | 8 | 16% |
| 2010s | 22 | 45% |
| 2020s | 4 | 8% |
Nearby places
- Hanahan 7
- Goose Creek 16
- Ladson 9
- Charleston 59
- Summerville 40
About this data
The underlying records are the FCC's own registrations as of 2026-08-23. Every structure counted here carries a registration number you can check against the FCC directly.
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.