Antenna structures in New Castle County, Delaware
At a glance
New Castle County, Delaware has 154 FCC-registered antenna structures, 94 of them marked constructed. That is the largest count among the 3 Delaware counties with registrations, and 46% of the state's 335. The tallest constructed structure in the county is registration 1280249 near Wilmington at 151 m (495 ft).
Dataset updated . Refreshed from the FCC ASR weekly bulk database.
How does New Castle County compare with the rest of Delaware?
With 154 registrations, New Castle County ranks first of 3 counties in Delaware. The average registered overall height here is 54 m, about 16% below the Delaware average of 64 m. The tallest standing structure, at 151 m, is about 2.8 times the county average.
What kinds of structures are registered in New Castle County?
The most common filed structure type in New Castle County is tower (code TOWER), with 47 registrations (30.5%). It is followed by monopole (28) and lattice tower (25). In all, 18 different FCC structure-type codes appear in the county.
By registration status: 94 constructed, 19 granted (not yet constructed), 17 canceled, 15 terminated and 9 dismantled. Only constructed registrations describe structures the registry treats as standing; canceled, dismantled and terminated records stay listed as history.
Who owns the towers in New Castle County?
NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS SERVICES, INC. and State of Delaware Div. of Coms hold the most registrations in New Castle County, 16 each of the 154. Other owners include American Towers LLC (14), DELMARVA POWER & LIGHT (12) and Cellco Partnership (10). 40 owners with two or more registrations nationwide hold structures in the county.
Which places in New Castle County have registered structures?
Registrations in New Castle County list 24 different city or place names. The most frequent are Newark (39), Wilmington (35), New Castle (35), Middletown (12) and Bear (10).
Every registration
All 154 structures in New Castle County, tallest first
| # | Structure | Height | Type | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilmington · 1280249 | 151 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 2 | Tybouts Corner · 1036670 | 144 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 3 | Middletown · 1248663 | 128 m | Tower (type not specified) | Canceled |
| 4 | Middletown · 1254914 | 122 m | Lattice tower | Constructed |
| 5 | Wilmington · 1254011 | 113 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 6 | Wilmington · 1032137 | 106 m | Antenna tower array (tower 2 of 4) | Constructed |
| 7 | Wilmington · 1032136 | 105 m | Antenna tower array (tower 1 of 4) | Constructed |
| 8 | Wilmington · 1062310 | 101 m | Tower (type not specified) | Dismantled |
| 9 | Wilmington · 1251076 | 101 m | Tower (type not specified) | Canceled |
| 10 | Bear · 1248323 | 98 m | Tower (type not specified) | Canceled |
| 11 | Bear · 1249208 | 98 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 12 | Hockessin · 1038752 | 93 m | Guyed tower | Constructed |
| 13 | Wilmington · 1033558 | 92 m | Unspecified structure | Dismantled |
| 14 | Wilmington · 1060183 | 92 m | Lattice tower | Constructed |
| 15 | Claymont · 1233984 | 91 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 16 | New Castle · 1251949 | 91 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 17 | Smyrna · 1060186 | 90 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 18 | Wilmington · 1060185 | 84 m | Lattice tower | Constructed |
| 19 | Middletown · 1031335 | 83 m | Lattice tower | Constructed |
| 20 | Newark · 1061078 | 80 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 21 | Newark · 1044114 | 74 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 22 | New Castle · 1060184 | 73 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 23 | Wilmington · 1032139 | 72 m | Antenna tower array (tower 4 of 4) | Constructed |
| 24 | Wilmington · 1032138 | 72 m | Antenna tower array (tower 3 of 4) | Constructed |
| 25 | Newark · 1206282 | 71 m | Mast | Constructed |
| 26 | Chesapeake City · 1060187 | 70 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 27 | Newark · 1280682 | 69 m | Building with tower | Dismantled |
| 28 | Newark · 1320853 | 69 m | Lattice tower | Constructed |
| 29 | Middletown · 1032223 | 66 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 30 | Hockessin · 1034746 | 66 m | Lattice tower | Granted (not yet constructed) |
| 31 | Wilmington · 1062309 | 65 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 32 | Newark · 1031766 | 64 m | Building with tower | Dismantled |
| 33 | Wilmington · 1325460 | 64 m | Lattice tower | Constructed |
| 34 | Newark · 1327818 | 63 m | Lattice tower | Granted (not yet constructed) |
| 35 | Middletown · 1332202 | 63 m | Lattice tower | Granted (not yet constructed) |
| 36 | Newark · 1332547 | 63 m | Lattice tower | Granted (not yet constructed) |
| 37 | Summit · 1036671 | 61 m | Tower (type not specified) | Dismantled |
| 38 | Middletown · 1327817 | 61 m | Lattice tower | Granted (not yet constructed) |
| 39 | Newark · 1060182 | 61 m | Unspecified structure | Constructed |
| 40 | Dover · 1248582 | 61 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 41 | Townsend · 1310512 | 61 m | Lattice tower | Constructed |
| 42 | Middletown · 1326976 | 61 m | Lattice tower | Granted (not yet constructed) |
| 43 | Middleton · 1332499 | 61 m | Lattice tower | Granted (not yet constructed) |
| 44 | Wilmington · 1031408 | 59 m | Tower (type not specified) | Dismantled |
| 45 | Newark · 1033217 | 59 m | Antenna tower array (tower 1 of 3) | Constructed |
| 46 | Newark · 1033218 | 59 m | Antenna tower array (tower 2 of 3) | Constructed |
| 47 | Newark · 1033219 | 59 m | Antenna tower array (tower 3 of 3) | Constructed |
| 48 | Newark · 1028359 | 58 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 49 | Newark · 1063247 | 58 m | Tower (type not specified) | Granted (not yet constructed) |
| 50 | New Castle · 1296305 | 58 m | Lattice tower | Granted (not yet constructed) |
| 51 | Newark · 1034571 | 57 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 52 | St. George'S · 1061489 | 56 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 53 | Newark · 1065621 | 55 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 54 | Castle Hills · 1202869 | 55 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 55 | New Castle · 1273985 | 55 m | Pole | Constructed |
| 56 | New Castle · 1062979 | 55 m | Mast | Constructed |
| 57 | Bear · 1049527 | 54 m | Lattice tower | Constructed |
| 58 | Newark · 1065613 | 52 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 59 | Newark · 1306727 | 52 m | Lattice tower | Constructed |
| 60 | Wilmington · 1035583 | 52 m | Tower (type not specified) | Terminated |
| 61 | New Castle · 1040065 | 51 m | Lattice tower | Constructed |
| 62 | Townsend · 1311976 | 51 m | Lattice tower | Constructed |
| 63 | Newark · 1280078 | 51 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 64 | Christiana · 1271998 | 50 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 65 | New Castle · 1275467 | 50 m | Tower (type not specified) | Canceled |
| 66 | Newark · 1275588 | 50 m | Tower (type not specified) | Canceled |
| 67 | Newark · 1275872 | 50 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 68 | Newark · 1281064 | 50 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 69 | New Castle · 1043686 | 49 m | Lattice tower | Constructed |
| 70 | New Castle · 1225126 | 49 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 71 | Wilmington · 1270590 | 49 m | Pole | Constructed |
| 72 | Wilmington Manor · 1009910 | 49 m | Pole | Constructed |
| 73 | New Castle · 1015198 | 49 m | Pole | Terminated |
| 74 | Wilmington · 1016453 | 49 m | Pole | Canceled |
| 75 | Bear · 1020895 | 49 m | Pole | Terminated |
| 76 | Monroe Park · 1025447 | 49 m | Pole | Canceled |
| 77 | Newark · 1031742 | 49 m | Pole | Terminated |
| 78 | Newark · 1031746 | 49 m | Pole | Canceled |
| 79 | Newark · 1040168 | 49 m | Pole | Terminated |
| 80 | New Castle · 1060270 | 49 m | Pole | Terminated |
| 81 | Newark · 1278971 | 48 m | Lattice tower | Constructed |
| 82 | Newport · 1254644 | 48 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 83 | Newark · 1278683 | 48 m | Mast | Constructed |
| 84 | Wilmington · 1044050 | 48 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 85 | Wilmington · 1263121 | 48 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 86 | New Castle · 1329179 | 47 m | Monopole | Granted (not yet constructed) |
| 87 | Elsmere · 1273766 | 47 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 88 | Newark · 1273901 | 47 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 89 | Newark · 1277672 | 47 m | Tower (type not specified) | Granted (not yet constructed) |
| 90 | Newark · 1334799 | 47 m | Lattice tower | Granted (not yet constructed) |
| 91 | Wilmington · 1257966 | 46 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 92 | Bear · 1045797 | 46 m | Tower (type not specified) | Terminated |
| 93 | Newark · 1045798 | 46 m | Tower (type not specified) | Terminated |
| 94 | Newark · 1278192 | 46 m | Tower (type not specified) | Granted (not yet constructed) |
| 95 | Wilmington · 1281975 | 46 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 96 | Bear · 1315438 | 46 m | Lattice tower | Constructed |
| 97 | Middleton · 1324445 | 46 m | Lattice tower | Canceled |
| 98 | Newark · 1296882 | 44 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 99 | Bear · 1278954 | 43 m | Mast | Constructed |
| 100 | Bear · 1060197 | 43 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 101 | Wilmington · 1233881 | 43 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 102 | Middletown · 1289420 | 43 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 103 | Christiana · 1036654 | 43 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 104 | New Castle · 1254656 | 42 m | Pole | Constructed |
| 105 | Newark · 1207774 | 42 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 106 | Bear · 1292115 | 41 m | Monopole | Canceled |
| 107 | Wilmington · 1011814 | 41 m | Tank | Terminated |
| 108 | Wilmington · 1296879 | 41 m | Tank | Constructed |
| 109 | Wilmington · 1329514 | 41 m | Monopole | Canceled |
| 110 | New Castle · 1254696 | 41 m | Utility pole | Canceled |
| 111 | New Castle · 1256767 | 41 m | Utility pole | Constructed |
| 112 | Wilmington · 1322505 | 41 m | Lattice tower | Constructed |
| 113 | Newark · 1329273 | 40 m | Building | Constructed |
| 114 | Bensalem · 1033719 | 40 m | Pole | Terminated |
| 115 | New Castle · 1062585 | 40 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 116 | Newark · 1031745 | 40 m | Pole | Canceled |
| 117 | Wilmington · 1254674 | 39 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 118 | Middletown · 1259623 | 38 m | Unspecified structure | Dismantled |
| 119 | New Castle · 1330354 | 38 m | Monopole | Granted (not yet constructed) |
| 120 | New Castle · 1008192 | 38 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 121 | New Castle · 1009909 | 38 m | Pole | Constructed |
| 122 | New Castle · 1058657 | 38 m | Utility pole | Constructed |
| 123 | New Castle · 1060198 | 38 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 124 | Newark · 1317660 | 38 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 125 | New Castle · 1250426 | 37 m | Tower (type not specified) | Canceled |
| 126 | Wilmington · 1268039 | 37 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 127 | New Castle · 1296880 | 37 m | Utility pole | Constructed |
| 128 | Middletown · 1237264 | 36 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 129 | Wilmington · 1268040 | 36 m | Pole | Constructed |
| 130 | Bear · 1034065 | 34 m | Tank | Terminated |
| 131 | Ardentown · 1025446 | 34 m | Pole | Terminated |
| 132 | Wilmington · 1027777 | 34 m | Pole | Terminated |
| 133 | Newark · 1028521 | 34 m | Pole | Canceled |
| 134 | New Castle · 1301452 | 34 m | Monopole | Canceled |
| 135 | Middletown · 1303334 | 34 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 136 | New Castle · 1266079 | 33 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 137 | Newark · 1281255 | 32 m | Building | Dismantled |
| 138 | Wilmington · 1245064 | 31 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 139 | New Castle · 1272970 | 31 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 140 | New Castle · 1206608 | 30 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 141 | New Castle · 1253923 | 29 m | Silo | Constructed |
| 142 | Wilmington · 1011815 | 29 m | Tank | Terminated |
| 143 | Bellefonte · 1027759 | 27 m | Pole | Canceled |
| 144 | New Castle · 1260826 | 27 m | Pole | Dismantled |
| 145 | Wilmington · 1277503 | 27 m | Tower (type not specified) | Granted (not yet constructed) |
| 146 | New Castle · 1031446 | 26 m | Building with tower | Constructed |
| 147 | New Castle · 1323422 | 24 m | Monopole | Granted (not yet constructed) |
| 148 | New Castle · 1310778 | 24 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 149 | New Castle · 1011813 | 23 m | Tank | Terminated |
| 150 | Wilmington · 1269957 | 23 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 151 | Wilmington · 1274488 | 18 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 152 | Middletown · 1280947 | 15 m | Mast | Granted (not yet constructed) |
| 153 | New Castle · 1297086 | 10 m | Pole | Granted (not yet constructed) |
| 154 | New Castle · 1297087 | 10 m | Pole | Granted (not yet constructed) |
Frequently asked questions
How many cell towers are in New Castle County, DE?
The FCC Antenna Structure Registration database lists 154 registered antenna structures in New Castle County, Delaware, 94 of them constructed. Registration is generally required only for structures taller than about 60 m or near airports, so shorter cell sites may not appear.
What is the tallest tower in New Castle County?
The tallest constructed registered structure in New Castle County is registration 1280249, a tower near Wilmington at 151 m (495 ft) overall height.
Who owns the most towers in New Castle County?
NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS SERVICES, INC. and State of Delaware Div. of Coms are tied for the most registrations in New Castle County, with 16 each.
What kind of towers are in New Castle County?
Tower (type not specified) is the most common filed type (47 of 154 registrations), then monopole (28).
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About this data
Source: FCC Antenna Structure Registration (ASR) database, as published October 13, 2026 — TowerCensus refreshes it weekly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: TowerCensus, “Antenna structures in New Castle County, Delaware”, https://towercensus.com/towers/delaware/county/new-castle-county (data as of October 13, 2026).