Cell towers in McAllen, Texas
The FCC register lists 28 antenna structures in and around McAllen. That is the 85th highest count of any place in Texas.
Overview
McAllen, TX has 28 registered antenna structures on the FCC register — the 85th largest count among the 1,369 places in Texas that have any.
Counted against 150,640 residents, that is 18.6 per 100,000 — worth reading alongside area density, since structures cluster along roads and ridgelines rather than where people sleep.
At a median of 36 m (118 ft), structures here run 52.3% shorter than the Texas median of 76 m (248 ft).
Lattice towers (2) and guyed masts (3) between them make up much of the register here — both are older, taller designs than the monopoles that dominate newer urban sites.
The earliest structure still on the register here dates from 1973.
Structure types
| Tower | 9 | 32% |
| Monopole | 8 | 29% |
| Pole | 4 | 14% |
| Guyed tower | 3 | 11% |
| Lattice tower | 2 | 7% |
| Mast | 1 | 4% |
| Building with tower | 1 | 4% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| Alltel Corporation Carrier | 4 | 14% |
| Stc Five LLC Tower company | 3 | 11% |
| American Towers LLC Tower company | 3 | 11% |
| Mcallen, City Of Government | 2 | 7% |
| Mcallen-edinburg-mission Smsa Tower Holdings, Limited Partnership Carrier | 2 | 7% |
Tallest registered structures
top 25 of 28| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 153 m (503 ft) | Guyed tower | 2023 | Global Signal Acquisitions LLC | 2620872 |
| 151 m (494 ft) | Guyed tower | 2009 | American Towers LLC | 105045 |
| 142 m (465 ft) | Guyed tower | 2022 | Global Signal Acquisitions LLC | 622379 |
| 60 m (198 ft) | Tower | 2000 | American Towers LLC | 2608752 |
| 59 m (195 ft) | Tower | 2002 | Mcallen, City Of | 2637939 |
| 43 m (140 ft) | Monopole | 2000 | American Towers LLC | 2607495 |
| 43 m (140 ft) | Lattice tower | 2022 | Cv Equity I, LLC | 2731991 |
| 40 m (130 ft) | Tower | 2009 | Sba Monarch Towers III, LLC | 2666594 |
| 40 m (130 ft) | Monopole | 2017 | Branch Towers, LLC | 2701064 |
| 40 m (130 ft) | Monopole | 2022 | Cityswitch II, LLC | 2720245 |
| 40 m (130 ft) | Monopole | 2025 | The Towers, LLC | 2731483 |
| 39 m (127 ft) | Monopole | 2002 | Sba Properties, LLC | 2631555 |
| 37 m (120 ft) | Lattice tower | 2002 | Texas Regional Bank | 2690932 |
| 36 m (118 ft) | Tower | 1973 | Texas, State Of | 2602103 |
| 36 m (118 ft) | Tower | 1980 | Mcallen, City Of | 2631286 |
| 34 m (110 ft) | Pole | 1998 | Mcallen-edinburg-mission Smsa Tower Holdings, Limited Partnership | 606235 |
| 33 m (109 ft) | Pole | 1995 | Mcallen-edinburg-mission Smsa Limited Partnership | 2677106 |
| 33 m (109 ft) | Tower | 1996 | Stc Five LLC | 112665 |
| 33 m (108 ft) | Pole | 1996 | Mcallen-edinburg-mission Smsa Tower Holdings, Limited Partnership | 97321 |
| 33 m (108 ft) | Tower | 1996 | Alltel Corporation | 123608 |
| 32 m (104 ft) | Mast | 1999 | Alltel Corporation | 123611 |
| 30 m (98 ft) | Monopole | 2006 | Cellco Partnership | 2650326 |
| 27 m (90 ft) | Monopole | 2025 | Alltel Corporation | 2727634 |
| 26 m (84 ft) | Monopole | 2021 | Alltel Corporation | 2718626 |
| 24 m (80 ft) | Tower | 2000 | Stc Five LLC | 2615558 |
When they were registered
| 1970s | 1 | 4% |
| 1980s | 1 | 4% |
| 1990s | 6 | 21% |
| 2000s | 12 | 43% |
| 2010s | 1 | 4% |
| 2020s | 7 | 25% |
Nearby places
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.