Mississippi cell towers at a glance
The FCC records list 3,757 cell towers and other antenna sites in Mississippi: every registered antenna structure that is built and still standing, plus the licensed cellular transmitter sites too short to need registration. That ranks Mississippi 14th of the 51 states and DC by number of registered sites. The most common structure is the tower, with 1,753 sites (47%). Hattiesburg has the most listed sites of any city, at 80.
To see the ones near you, tap Find towers near me above or type a Mississippi ZIP code. The list ranks sites by distance and shows the direction to each, its height and its owner.
Carriers on the record in Mississippi
Verizon is named on the most Mississippi sites, 340 of them (9.0%). A carrier is named only when it owns the structure or its cellular licence lists the site, so these counts are a floor, not a total. Most towers in Mississippi are owned by tower companies that rent space to several carriers without naming them.
| Carrier | Sites naming it | Share of Mississippi sites |
|---|---|---|
| Verizon | 340 | 9.0% |
| AT&T | 119 | 3.2% |
| T-Mobile | 17 | 0.5% |
Who owns the towers in Mississippi
The largest single owner name in Mississippi is American Towers LLC, with 881 sites (23%). Tower companies file under several subsidiary names, so one company can appear more than once below. Our guide to who owns cell towers explains which names belong together.
| Owner as filed | Sites | Share |
|---|---|---|
| American Towers LLC | 881 | 23% |
| Crown Castle South LLC | 173 | 4.6% |
| Alltel Corporation | 173 | 4.6% |
| Tillman Infrastructure, LLC | 149 | 4.0% |
| SBA Properties, LLC | 124 | 3.3% |
| CCATT LLC | 93 | 2.5% |
| Cooperative Energy | 92 | 2.4% |
| SBA Towers II LLC | 88 | 2.3% |
Types of structure
| Structure | Sites | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tower | 1,753 | 47% |
| Guyed tower | 838 | 22% |
| Lattice tower | 785 | 21% |
| Monopole | 213 | 5.7% |
| Pole | 68 | 1.8% |
| Mast | 41 | 1.1% |
See types of cell towers for how to recognise each one.
Cities with the most listed sites
By the city named on each FCC filing. Filings use the nearest town, so rural towers count toward it. Each link opens the tower finder at the middle of that city's sites.
| City | Sites | |
|---|---|---|
| Hattiesburg | 80 | Towers around Hattiesburg |
| Meridian | 74 | Towers around Meridian |
| Jackson | 66 | Towers around Jackson |
| Columbus | 58 | Towers around Columbus |
| Gulfport | 55 | Towers around Gulfport |
| Vicksburg | 52 | Towers around Vicksburg |
| Laurel | 48 | Towers around Laurel |
| Brookhaven | 43 | Towers around Brookhaven |
| Starkville | 42 | Towers around Starkville |
| Philadelphia | 42 | Towers around Philadelphia |
Tallest registered structures in Mississippi
The tallest is a other structure near Raymond at 1,998 feet (609 m) overall, owned by Gray Local Media, Inc.. Structures this tall are usually broadcast masts or buildings rather than cell sites, but many carry cell antennas partway up.
| Height | Type | City | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,998 ft | Other structure | Raymond | Gray Local Media, Inc. | 1210491 |
| 1,995 ft | Tower | Inverness | Station RE Holdings LLC | 1051861 |
| 1,801 ft | Tower | Columbus | COLUMBUS TELEVISION, INC. | 1041013 |
| 1,611 ft | Tower | Jackson | Nexstar Media Inc. | 1042633 |
| 1,562 ft | Tower | Perkinston | Dowdy & Dowdy Partnership | 1258237 |
What is not counted
FCC registration is required only for structures over 200 feet or near airports, so shorter monopoles, rooftop antennas and small cells in Mississippi are mostly missing unless a cellular licence lists them. Why a tower is missing from the map explains the gap. The data is rebuilt monthly from the FCC's bulk files.