Cell towers in Franklin County, IA

The FCC registry lists 30 constructed antenna structures in Franklin County, 1% of Iowa's 3,266. Ownership is spread across 19 registrants; the largest, Array Digital Infrastructure, has 5 (17%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 6 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 30
2Tallest 415 ft
3Largest owner Array Digital Infrastructure
4Median height (state 259 ft) 260 ft

Structures

rank 43 of 99 in IA

Most common type

Tower

53% of structures

Over 200 feet

60% of structures

Peak build decade

2000s

40% built then

Who owns the towers in Franklin County

19 different registrants own the 30 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.

Constructed structures in Franklin County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 260 feet, close to the Iowa median of 259 feet. The tallest is a tower near Sheffield at 415 feet, built in 1999. More than in any other decade, 40% were built in the 2000s.

Structures in Franklin County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.

Structures in Franklin 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.	Type	Height	Built	City	Owner
1048380	Tower	415 ft	1999	Sheffield	Northern Border Pipeline Company
1017361	Lattice tower	410 ft	1991	Hampton	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1055238	Lattice tower	345 ft	1998	Dows	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1017905	Tower	328 ft	1997	Hampton	Corn Belt Power Cooperative
1065034	Guyed tower	323 ft	2013	Hampton	OnTheGoMedia, Inc.
1018089	Guyed tower	312 ft	1991	Latimer	Alltel Corporation
1224834	Tower	308 ft	2001	Sheffield	American Towers LLC
1276271	Tower	308 ft	2011	Latimer	Rockwell Cooperative Telephone Association
1277589	Tower	308 ft	2011	Dows	Rockwell Cooperative Telephone Association
1237702	Tower	300 ft	2003	Hampton	Corn Belt Power Cooperative
1313580	Lattice tower	300 ft	2019	Latimer	INTERSTATE POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY
1224832	Tower	284 ft	2001	Popejoy	American Towers LLC
1304713	Lattice tower	275 ft	2017	Latimer	IOWA STATE OF
1234701	Lattice tower	265 ft	2002	Hampton	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1216000	Tower	260 ft	2000	Dows	SBA Structures, LLC
1260787	Lattice tower	259 ft	2008	Dows	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1220785	Tower	257 ft	2001	Latimer	SBA Structures, LLC
1016622	Lattice tower	255 ft	1993	Hampton	Blue Sky Towers IV, LLC
1018037	Water tank	200 ft	1990	Bradfoed	STINER RADIO SYSTEMS LTD
1226696	Tower	200 ft	2005	Thornton	Crown Castle Tower 05 LLC
1230418	Tower	200 ft	2005	Latimer	Crown Castle Tower 05 LLC
1252056	Tower	198 ft	2006	Sheffield	Rockwell Telcom Inc.
1023688	Tower	197 ft	1959	Hampton	CTI Towers Assets II, LLC
1018036	Water tank	180 ft	1990	Coulter	STINER RADIO SYSTEMS LTD
1266698	Tower	173 ft	2009	Hampton	Franklin County Engineer
1230877	Tower	172 ft	2001	Hampton	Rockwell Communications Systems, Inc.
1322521	Monopole	144 ft	2022	Hampton	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1205554	Tower	139 ft	1955	Hampton	Iowa Department of Transportation
1018034	Water tank	98 ft	1990	Geneva	STINER RADIO SYSTEMS LTD
1236636	Monopole	90 ft	2016	Hampton	UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD

If you have a tower lease in Franklin 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: Sioux County (32), Fayette County (31), Jackson County (31), Van Buren County (30), Hamilton County (29).

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.