Antenna structures in Forsyth County, North Carolina
At a glance
Forsyth County, North Carolina has 183 FCC-registered antenna structures, 141 of them marked constructed. That is the 5th-largest count among the 100 North Carolina counties with registrations, and 3% of the state's 6,092. The tallest constructed structure in the county is registration 1202901 near Kernersville at 143 m (470 ft).
Dataset updated . Refreshed from the FCC ASR weekly bulk database.
Registered structures
183
Constructed
141
Avg height
74 m
Tallest standing
143 m
How does Forsyth County compare with the rest of North Carolina?
With 183 registrations, Forsyth County ranks 5th of 100 counties in North Carolina; Wake County leads the state with 335. The average registered overall height here is 74 m, roughly in line with the North Carolina average of 80 m. The tallest standing structure, at 143 m, is about twice the county average.
What kinds of structures are registered in Forsyth County?
The most common filed structure type in Forsyth County is tower (code TOWER), with 64 registrations (35%). It is followed by lattice tower (34) and monopole (32). In all, 20 different FCC structure-type codes appear in the county.
By registration status: 141 constructed, 12 dismantled, 11 granted (not yet constructed), 10 terminated and 9 canceled. Only constructed registrations describe structures the registry treats as standing; canceled, dismantled and terminated records stay listed as history.
Who owns the towers in Forsyth County?
American Towers LLC holds the most registrations in Forsyth County, with 40 of the 183. The next largest are Crown Castle South LLC (21), Crown Castle GT Company, LLC (12) and CITY OF WINSTON SALEM (9). 42 owners with two or more registrations nationwide hold structures in the county.
Which places in Forsyth County have registered structures?
Registrations in Forsyth County list 24 different city or place names. The most frequent are Winston Salem (71), Winston-Salem (37), Kernersville (18), Clemmons (10) and Walkertown (9).
Every registration
All 183 structures in Forsyth County, tallest first
| # | Structure | Height | Type | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kernersville · 1006653 | 186 m | Tower (type not specified) | Granted (not yet constructed) |
| 2 | Kernersville · 1002080 | 149 m | Unspecified structure | Dismantled |
| 3 | Kernersville · 1202901 | 143 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 4 | Pfafftown · 1238073 | 143 m | Tower (type not specified) | Granted (not yet constructed) |
| 5 | Winston Salem · 1240542 | 143 m | Building with tower | Constructed |
| 6 | Walkertown · 1238075 | 139 m | Lattice tower | Granted (not yet constructed) |
| 7 | Pfafftown · 1238902 | 137 m | Lattice tower | Constructed |
| 8 | Winston Salem · 1005687 | 131 m | Building | Constructed |
| 9 | Winston Salem · 1044943 | 129 m | Building with tower | Dismantled |
| 10 | Winston Salem · 1238070 | 128 m | Lattice tower | Constructed |
| 11 | Lewisville · 1238153 | 128 m | Lattice tower | Constructed |
| 12 | Clemmons · 1238645 | 128 m | Lattice tower | Constructed |
| 13 | Winston Salem · 1007576 | 124 m | Unspecified structure | Dismantled |
| 14 | Winston Salem · 1007577 | 124 m | Unspecified structure | Dismantled |
| 15 | Winston Salem · 1007578 | 124 m | Unspecified structure | Dismantled |
| 16 | Winston Salem · 1007579 | 124 m | Unspecified structure | Dismantled |
| 17 | Winston Salem · 1018705 | 124 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 18 | Kernersville · 1010740 | 122 m | Guyed tower | Constructed |
| 19 | Winston Salem · 1230607 | 117 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 20 | Winston Salem · 1007122 | 113 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 21 | Winston Salem · 1044325 | 111 m | Tower (type not specified) | Dismantled |
| 22 | Walkertown · 1022889 | 107 m | Antenna tower array (tower 5 of 5) | Constructed |
| 23 | Winston Salem · 1012292 | 105 m | Lattice tower | Constructed |
| 24 | Winston Salem · 1004722 | 102 m | Guyed tower | Constructed |
| 25 | Winston Salem · 1238152 | 102 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 26 | Winston Salem · 1008257 | 98 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 27 | Clemmons · 1057120 | 98 m | Mast | Terminated |
| 28 | Clemmons · 1059547 | 98 m | Mast | Canceled |
| 29 | Clemmons · 1005957 | 97 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 30 | Winston Salem · 1005945 | 96 m | Mast | Constructed |
| 31 | Kernersville · 1027186 | 96 m | Mast | Constructed |
| 32 | Clemmons · 1052481 | 95 m | Unspecified structure | Constructed |
| 33 | Tobaccoville · 1055352 | 95 m | Lattice tower | Constructed |
| 34 | Clemmons · 1226234 | 95 m | Lattice tower | Constructed |
| 35 | Winston-Salem · 1313933 | 95 m | Lattice tower | Constructed |
| 36 | Germantown · 1054264 | 94 m | Guyed tower | Constructed |
| 37 | Winston Salem · 1056493 | 94 m | Lattice tower | Constructed |
| 38 | Winston Salem · 1001692 | 91 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 39 | Winston-Salem · 1001123 | 88 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 40 | Winston Salem · 1019078 | 88 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 41 | Winston Salem · 1019573 | 88 m | Mast | Constructed |
| 42 | Walkertown · 1022885 | 87 m | Antenna tower array (tower 1 of 5) | Constructed |
| 43 | Walkertown · 1022886 | 87 m | Antenna tower array (tower 2 of 5) | Constructed |
| 44 | Walkertown · 1022887 | 87 m | Antenna tower array (tower 3 of 5) | Constructed |
| 45 | Walkertown · 1022888 | 87 m | Antenna tower array (tower 4 of 5) | Constructed |
| 46 | Winston Salem · 1029574 | 86 m | Lattice tower | Constructed |
| 47 | Winston Salem · 1004978 | 86 m | Unspecified structure | Dismantled |
| 48 | Kernersville · 1011883 | 85 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 49 | Pfafftown · 1260862 | 85 m | Unspecified structure | Canceled |
| 50 | Statesville · 1003368 | 85 m | Tower (type not specified) | Terminated |
| 51 | Winston Salem · 1005198 | 85 m | Lattice tower | Constructed |
| 52 | Rural Hall · 1307258 | 84 m | Lattice tower | Constructed |
| 53 | Winston Salem · 1005255 | 81 m | Lattice tower | Constructed |
| 54 | Lewisville · 1004723 | 81 m | Lattice tower | Constructed |
| 55 | Kernersville · 1230218 | 81 m | Lattice tower | Constructed |
| 56 | Clemmons · 1004975 | 81 m | Mast | Constructed |
| 57 | Winston Salem · 1005941 | 81 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 58 | Winston Salem · 1000063 | 81 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 59 | High Point · 1004736 | 81 m | Lattice tower | Constructed |
| 60 | Kernersville · 1005943 | 81 m | Mast | Constructed |
| 61 | Kernersville · 1005944 | 80 m | Mast | Constructed |
| 62 | Kernersville · 1005196 | 80 m | Lattice tower | Constructed |
| 63 | Winston Salem · 1001696 | 80 m | Mast | Constructed |
| 64 | Winston Salem · 1004638 | 79 m | Lattice tower | Constructed |
| 65 | Winston-Salem · 1005213 | 79 m | Unspecified structure | Constructed |
| 66 | Winston Salem · 1214686 | 79 m | Lattice tower | Granted (not yet constructed) |
| 67 | Winston Salem · 1288433 | 79 m | Lattice tower | Constructed |
| 68 | Clemmons · 1005256 | 79 m | Tower (type not specified) | Terminated |
| 69 | Kernersville · 1291159 | 79 m | Lattice tower | Canceled |
| 70 | Rural Hall · 1216426 | 79 m | Tower (type not specified) | Canceled |
| 71 | Winston Salem · 1223006 | 79 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 72 | Winston-Salem · 1226505 | 79 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 73 | Pfafftown · 1232193 | 79 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 74 | Tobaccoville · 1004912 | 78 m | Lattice tower | Constructed |
| 75 | Winston Salem · 1006901 | 78 m | Mast | Constructed |
| 76 | Winston-Salem · 1008972 | 78 m | Lattice tower | Constructed |
| 77 | Winston-Salem · 1011741 | 78 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 78 | Winston Salem · 1004713 | 78 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 79 | High Point · 1005956 | 77 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 80 | Winston Salem · 1012936 | 77 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 81 | King · 1000004 | 76 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 82 | Kernersville · 1004822 | 76 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 83 | Winston-Salem · 1004977 | 76 m | Mast | Constructed |
| 84 | Winston Salem · 1005176 | 76 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 85 | Rural Hall · 1237039 | 76 m | Lattice tower | Constructed |
| 86 | King · 1047083 | 75 m | Tower (type not specified) | Terminated |
| 87 | Winston Salem · 1232144 | 75 m | Lattice tower | Dismantled |
| 88 | Winston Salem · 1004734 | 74 m | Lattice tower | Constructed |
| 89 | Pfafftown · 1242550 | 73 m | Tower (type not specified) | Terminated |
| 90 | Winston Salem · 1001568 | 73 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 91 | Winston Salem · 1005940 | 72 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 92 | Winston Salem · 1214189 | 67 m | Tower (type not specified) | Granted (not yet constructed) |
| 93 | Winston Salem · 1004911 | 66 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 94 | Belews Creek · 1232190 | 66 m | Mast | Constructed |
| 95 | Lewisville · 1000003 | 66 m | Pole | Constructed |
| 96 | Greensboro · 1228496 | 64 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 97 | Greensboro · 1230019 | 63 m | Tower (type not specified) | Canceled |
| 98 | Winston-Salem · 1232633 | 63 m | Antenna tower array (tower 1 of 6) | Constructed |
| 99 | Winston-Salem · 1232634 | 63 m | Antenna tower array (tower 2 of 6) | Constructed |
| 100 | Winston-Salem · 1232635 | 63 m | Antenna tower array (tower 3 of 6) | Constructed |
| 101 | Winston-Salem · 1232637 | 63 m | Antenna tower array (tower 4 of 6) | Constructed |
| 102 | Winston-Salem · 1232638 | 63 m | Antenna tower array (tower 5 of 6) | Constructed |
| 103 | Winston-Salem · 1232639 | 63 m | Antenna tower array (tower 6 of 6) | Constructed |
| 104 | Winston-Salem · 1021783 | 61 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 105 | Winston Salem · 1041941 | 61 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 106 | Winston-Salem · 1220923 | 61 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 107 | Walkertown · 1027285 | 61 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 108 | Stanleyville · 1041942 | 61 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 109 | Winston- Salem · 1240640 | 61 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 110 | Kernersville · 1253804 | 61 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 111 | Pfafftown · 1281093 | 61 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 112 | Winston Salem · 1281162 | 61 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 113 | Kernersville · 1284294 | 61 m | Tower (type not specified) | Granted (not yet constructed) |
| 114 | Winston-Salem · 1284299 | 61 m | Tower (type not specified) | Granted (not yet constructed) |
| 115 | Kernersville · 1297835 | 61 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 116 | Winston-Salem · 1302643 | 61 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 117 | Winston Salem · 1018125 | 61 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 118 | High Point · 1230283 | 61 m | Tower (type not specified) | Dismantled |
| 119 | Kernersville · 1238936 | 61 m | Lattice tower | Constructed |
| 120 | Winston-Salem · 1242628 | 61 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 121 | Horneytown · 1248495 | 61 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 122 | Rural Hall · 1249122 | 61 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 123 | Winston Salem · 1260931 | 61 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 124 | Winston-Salem · 1298721 | 61 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 125 | Winston Salem · 1304709 | 61 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 126 | Rosemont · 1004710 | 60 m | Lattice tower | Constructed |
| 127 | Winston Salem · 1006391 | 60 m | Lattice tower | Constructed |
| 128 | Pfafftown · 1272421 | 60 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 129 | Walkertown · 1004980 | 59 m | Mast | Constructed |
| 130 | Abbots Creek · 1004982 | 59 m | Mast | Constructed |
| 131 | Winston Salem · 1004984 | 59 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 132 | Winston-Salem · 1231818 | 59 m | Lattice tower | Constructed |
| 133 | Clemmons · 1238194 | 59 m | Mast | Terminated |
| 134 | Winston-Salem · 1319670 | 59 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 135 | Winston Salem · 1004711 | 59 m | Tower (type not specified) | Terminated |
| 136 | Stanleyville · 1284313 | 59 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 137 | Winston Salem · 1016198 | 58 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 138 | Stanleyville · 1043949 | 58 m | Tower (type not specified) | Terminated |
| 139 | Winston Salem · 1064046 | 58 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 140 | Winston Salem · 1272727 | 58 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 141 | Winston Salem · 1283632 | 57 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 142 | Winston Salem · 1250483 | 57 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 143 | Winston Salem · 1064047 | 57 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 144 | Winston Salem · 1004709 | 56 m | Lattice tower | Constructed |
| 145 | Winston-Salem · 1323109 | 56 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 146 | Walkertown · 1232194 | 56 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 147 | Winston-Salem · 1284597 | 55 m | Pole | Constructed |
| 148 | Winston-Salem · 1240195 | 55 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 149 | Winston-Salem · 1062906 | 55 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 150 | Winston Salem · 1004729 | 53 m | Lattice tower | Constructed |
| 151 | Winston Salem · 1002809 | 52 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 152 | Winston Salem · 1007744 | 52 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 153 | Winston/Salem · 1232867 | 52 m | Mast | Terminated |
| 154 | Winston Salem · 1034871 | 52 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 155 | Clemmons · 1276317 | 52 m | Disguised structure (tree) | Constructed |
| 156 | Winston-Salem · 1237806 | 49 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 157 | Winston-Salem · 1246780 | 49 m | Building with tower | Constructed |
| 158 | Kernersville · 1242283 | 48 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 159 | Winston Salem · 1006406 | 48 m | Pole | Constructed |
| 160 | Winston-Salem · 1292468 | 47 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 161 | Winston Salem · 1292464 | 47 m | Monopole | Canceled |
| 162 | Winston Salem · 1284385 | 47 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 163 | Wintson-Salem · 1293835 | 47 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 164 | Winston-Salem · 1245496 | 47 m | Tower (type not specified) | Dismantled |
| 165 | Lewisville · 1296702 | 47 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 166 | Winston-Salm · 1207968 | 46 m | Tower (type not specified) | Granted (not yet constructed) |
| 167 | Winston Salem · 1216687 | 46 m | Tower (type not specified) | Granted (not yet constructed) |
| 168 | Winston-Salem · 1297444 | 46 m | Monopole | Canceled |
| 169 | Winston-Salem · 1305863 | 46 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 170 | Winston Salem · 1007741 | 43 m | Pole | Canceled |
| 171 | Winston-Salem · 1260556 | 43 m | Tower (type not specified) | Granted (not yet constructed) |
| 172 | Winston-Salem · 1233549 | 43 m | Mast | Terminated |
| 173 | Winston-Salem · 1247087 | 41 m | Mast | Canceled |
| 174 | Winston Salem · 1004712 | 40 m | Lattice tower | Constructed |
| 175 | Winston-Salem · 1026245 | 40 m | Pole | Constructed |
| 176 | Kernersville · 1293893 | 38 m | Pole | Constructed |
| 177 | Winston-Salem · 1211000 | 37 m | Tower (type not specified) | Granted (not yet constructed) |
| 178 | Winston-Salem · 1261813 | 37 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 179 | Winston Salem · 1007046 | 34 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 180 | Wisnton-Salem · 1206744 | 23 m | Tower (type not specified) | Constructed |
| 181 | Winston Salem · 1222403 | 21 m | Pole | Dismantled |
| 182 | Winston Salem · 1327267 | 13 m | Monopole | Constructed |
| 183 | Winston Salem · 1325029 | 12 m | Monopole | Constructed |
Frequently asked questions
How many cell towers are in Forsyth County, NC?
The FCC Antenna Structure Registration database lists 183 registered antenna structures in Forsyth County, North Carolina, 141 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 Forsyth County?
The tallest constructed registered structure in Forsyth County is registration 1202901, a tower near Kernersville at 143 m (470 ft) overall height.
Who owns the most towers in Forsyth County?
American Towers LLC holds the most registrations in Forsyth County (40), followed by Crown Castle South LLC (21).
What kind of towers are in Forsyth County?
Tower (type not specified) is the most common filed type (64 of 183 registrations), then lattice tower (34).
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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 Forsyth County, North Carolina”, https://towercensus.com/towers/north-carolina/county/forsyth-county (data as of October 13, 2026).