West Virginia cell towers at a glance
The FCC records list 1,471 cell towers and other antenna sites in West Virginia: every registered antenna structure that is built and still standing, plus the licensed cellular transmitter sites too short to need registration. That ranks West Virginia 31st of the 51 states and DC by number of registered sites. The most common structure is the tower, with 619 sites (42%). Charleston has the most listed sites of any city, at 55.
To see the ones near you, tap Find towers near me above or type a West Virginia ZIP code. The list ranks sites by distance and shows the direction to each, its height and its owner.
Carriers on the record in West Virginia
Verizon is named on the most West Virginia sites, 175 of them (12%). 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 West Virginia are owned by tower companies that rent space to several carriers without naming them.
| Carrier | Sites naming it | Share of West Virginia sites |
|---|---|---|
| Verizon | 175 | 12% |
| AT&T | 82 | 5.6% |
| T-Mobile | 0 | 0.0% |
Who owns the towers in West Virginia
The largest single owner name in West Virginia is American Towers LLC, with 185 sites (13%). 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 | 185 | 13% |
| Crown Communication LLC | 147 | 10.0% |
| ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. | 121 | 8.2% |
| West Virginia Emergency Management Division | 70 | 4.8% |
| LLoyd Hoff Holding Corp. | 61 | 4.1% |
| CCATT LLC | 60 | 4.1% |
| Cellco Partnership | 50 | 3.4% |
| SBA Towers II LLC | 48 | 3.3% |
Types of structure
| Structure | Sites | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tower | 619 | 42% |
| Lattice tower | 532 | 36% |
| Guyed tower | 112 | 7.6% |
| Other structure | 72 | 4.9% |
| Monopole | 71 | 4.8% |
| Pole | 39 | 2.7% |
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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Charleston | 55 | Towers around Charleston |
| Morgantown | 48 | Towers around Morgantown |
| Huntington | 34 | Towers around Huntington |
| Fairmont | 33 | Towers around Fairmont |
| Clarksburg | 27 | Towers around Clarksburg |
| Elkins | 23 | Towers around Elkins |
| Buckhannon | 21 | Towers around Buckhannon |
| Martinsburg | 19 | Towers around Martinsburg |
| Parkersburg | 19 | Towers around Parkersburg |
| Weston | 19 | Towers around Weston |
Tallest registered structures in West Virginia
The tallest is a tower near Scott Depot at 1,552 feet (473 m) overall, owned by SULLIVAN BROADCASTING OF NASHVILLE INC DBA = WVAH. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,552 ft | Tower | Scott Depot | SULLIVAN BROADCASTING OF NASHVILLE INC DBA = WVAH | 1033917 |
| 1,161 ft | Guyed tower | Huntington | Nexstar Media Inc. | 1234025 |
| 1,112 ft | Tower | Huntington | Nexstar Media Inc. | 1041009 |
| 1,030 ft | Guyed tower | Ona | Gray Local Media, Inc. | 1035121 |
| 984 ft | Guyed tower | Poca | American Towers LLC | 1050615 |
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 West Virginia 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.