Tower Landlord

Iowa / Delaware County

#23 of 99 IA counties · 37 structures

Cell towers in Delaware County, IA

The FCC registry lists 37 constructed antenna structures in Delaware County, 1% of Iowa's 3,266. Ownership is spread across 18 registrants; the largest, Array Digital Infrastructure, has 6 (16%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 6 between them.

Value a buyout offer

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  1. 1Constructed structures 37
  2. 2Tallest 443 ft
  3. 3Largest owner Array Digital Infrastructure
  4. 4Median height (state 259 ft) 265 ft
Structures
37
rank 23 of 99 in IA
Most common type
Guyed tower
35% of structures
Over 200 feet
26
70% of structures
Peak build decade
2000s
32% built then

Who owns the towers in Delaware County

18 different registrants own the 37 structures. Owner names are the registrant's legal entity as filed with the FCC; the large tower companies file under many subsidiary names, which this site groups into families where the brand is in the name or listed in the company's SEC filings.

Array Digital Infrastructure6American Tower5INTERSTATE POWER AND LIGHT C4CHICAGO, CENTRAL & PACIFIC R4Vertical Bridge4Alltel2Delaware, County of2DESIGN HOMES INC DBA = RAD1
Constructed structures in Delaware County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 265 feet, close to the Iowa median of 259 feet. The tallest is a structure near Thorpe at 443 feet, built in 1990. More than in any other decade, 32% were built in the 2000s.

Guyed tower13Tower10Lattice tower7Mast3Other or unspecified2Pole1Monopole1
Structures in Delaware County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
11970s31980s41990s122000s112010s62020s
Structures in Delaware County by decade built, columns to scale. Source: FCC ASR.

Every registered structure

Sorted tallest first. The registration number opens the FCC record, which shows the exact location and the owner's contact for the structure. A tower on your land that is not in this list is probably under 200 feet and away from airports, so it did not need registering — see why some towers aren't listed.

FCC reg.TypeHeightBuiltCityOwner
1017368Other or unspecified443 ft1990ThorpeARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1205462Guyed tower422 ft1979EdgewoonKuhlman Construction Company
1048067Guyed tower420 ft1998ManchesterAlltel Corporation
1212359Guyed tower420 ft2000DyersvilleAlltel Corporation
1018306Tower391 ft1984DyersvilleDESIGN HOMES INC DBA = RADIO STATION KDST
1328161Lattice tower349 ft2024DundeeINTERSTATE POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY
1250142Tower330 ft2005DelawareDelaware, County of
1304988Lattice tower325 ft2018ManchesterCHICAGO, CENTRAL & PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
1289253Lattice tower320 ft2013CoggonINTERSTATE POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY
1208469Tower309 ft2000DelawareSpectraSite Communications, LLC. through American Towers, LLC.
1225765Tower307 ft2001EarlvilleAmerican Towers LLC
1225762Guyed tower305 ft2002ManchesterAmerican Towers LLC
1225767Guyed tower305 ft2001MasonvilleAmerican Towers LLC
1308590Guyed tower305 ft2019ManchesterVertical Bridge Development, LLC
1308834Guyed tower305 ft2019RyanVertical Bridge Development, LLC
1308967Guyed tower305 ft2019ColesburgVertical Bridge Development, LLC
1309612Guyed tower305 ft2019RyanVertical Bridge Development, LLC
1020443Tower280 ft1991ManchesterColoff Media, LLC
1237641Lattice tower265 ft2008HopkintonARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1237812Guyed tower265 ft2003DelhiARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1327876Guyed tower265 ft2024ManchesterGreat Plains Towers, LLC
1017693Guyed tower263 ft1988PetersburgINTERSTATE POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY
1258141Guyed tower260 ft2007DelhiARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1330947Lattice tower259 ft2026RyanThe Towers, LLC
1228190Tower249 ft2001ManchesterSBA Steel, LLC.
1035511Tower243 ft1980DyersvilleMCC Iowa LLC
1210851Tower199 ft2000EarlvilleAmerican Towers LLC
1212573Tower199 ft2000ManchesterTV6 Holdings LLC
1278020Lattice tower199 ft2011ColesburgARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1280890Other or unspecified199 ft2012EarlvilleARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1207643Tower195 ft1999ManchesterIowa Department of Transportation
1320832Lattice tower173 ft2022ManchesterDelaware, County of
1313157Pole140 ft2020ManchesterWindstream Corporation
1327397Monopole116 ft2024ManchesterINTERSTATE POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY
1301414Mast66 ft2017ManchesterCHICAGO, CENTRAL & PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
1301415Mast66 ft2017DyersvilleCHICAGO, CENTRAL & PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
1301416Mast66 ft2017ManchesterCHICAGO, CENTRAL & PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY

If you have a tower lease in Delaware County

Find your structure above, open its FCC record and confirm the owner — that is the company your lease runs to today, even if a different carrier signed it originally. Before answering a buyout offer, put your current rent, escalator and remaining term into the calculator to see what the rent is worth and what return the offer assumes.

Counties in Iowa with similar tower counts: Cedar County (39), Boone County (38), Buchanan County (37), Marion County (37), Webster County (37).

Source: FCC Antenna Structure Registration, weekly public access file (r_tower.zip, created 2026-10-18); constructed registrations only; locations rounded. Checked 2026-10-23. Methodology.