Cell towers in Athens, Tennessee
The FCC register lists 21 antenna structures in and around Athens. That is the 31st highest count of any place in Tennessee.
Overview
21 antenna structures are registered with the FCC in Athens, TN.
The register works out to 1.35 structures per square mile here.
The median registered structure here stands 72 m (236 ft); the tallest reaches 125 m (410 ft).
The largest registered owner here is Array Digital Infrastructure, INC., which holds 3 of them — 14.3% 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 1962.
Structure types
| Lattice tower | 8 | 38% |
| Tower | 7 | 33% |
| Guyed tower | 3 | 14% |
| Monopole | 2 | 10% |
| Not specified | 1 | 5% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. Tower company | 3 | 14% |
| Sba Towers, LLC Tower company | 2 | 10% |
| Crown Castle Gt Company, LLC Tower company | 2 | 10% |
| American Towers LLC Tower company | 2 | 10% |
| Pinnacle Towers Asset Holding LLC Tower company | 1 | 5% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 125 m (410 ft) | Guyed tower | 1997 | Sba Structures, LLC | 611987 |
| 110 m (362 ft) | Guyed tower | 2018 | Uniti Towers LLC | 2706561 |
| 106 m (349 ft) | Tower | 2009 | Global Tower, LLC. Through American Towers, LLC | 606104 |
| 86 m (282 ft) | Tower | 2006 | Crown Castle South LLC | 606696 |
| 85 m (279 ft) | Lattice tower | 1998 | Sba Towers, LLC | 618223 |
| 81 m (266 ft) | Not specified | 1998 | American Towers LLC | 603126 |
| 81 m (265 ft) | Lattice tower | 2016 | Cellco Partnership | 2697737 |
| 79 m (260 ft) | Lattice tower | 2024 | Towerco V Holdings LLC | 2728608 |
| 79 m (258 ft) | Lattice tower | 1998 | American Towers LLC | 603125 |
| 78 m (256 ft) | Lattice tower | 1998 | Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. | 104745 |
| 72 m (236 ft) | Guyed tower | 1992 | Crown Castle Gt Company, LLC | 601592 |
| 70 m (230 ft) | Lattice tower | 2017 | Sba Towers, LLC | 2700524 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Monopole | 2026 | Vogue Towers II, LLC | 2732164 |
| 60 m (198 ft) | Lattice tower | 2009 | Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. | 2666452 |
| 58 m (191 ft) | Tower | 1992 | Crown Castle Gt Company, LLC | 604939 |
| 58 m (189 ft) | Tower | 1994 | Pinnacle Towers Asset Holding LLC | 2663885 |
| 57 m (188 ft) | Lattice tower | 1992 | Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. | 604989 |
| 44 m (145 ft) | Tower | 1962 | Norfolk Southern Corporation | 130732 |
| 36 m (118 ft) | Tower | 2010 | Itt | 2672472 |
| 32 m (104 ft) | Monopole | 2019 | Vb Bts III, LLC | 2704713 |
| 9.1 m (30 ft) | Tower | 1989 | State of Tennessee, Department of Transportation, Aeronautics | 2615466 |
When they were registered
| 1960s | 1 | 5% |
| 1980s | 1 | 5% |
| 1990s | 9 | 43% |
| 2000s | 3 | 14% |
| 2010s | 5 | 24% |
| 2020s | 2 | 10% |
Nearby places
- Niota 7
- Englewood 5
- Etowah 5
- Decatur 5
- Sweetwater 10
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.