Cell towers in Mills County, IA

The FCC registry lists 36 constructed antenna structures in Mills County, 1% of Iowa's 3,266. Ownership is spread across 17 registrants; the largest, Array Digital Infrastructure, has 7 (19%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 2 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 36
2Tallest 415 ft
3Largest owner Array Digital Infrastructure
4Median height (state 259 ft) 268 ft

Structures

rank 27 of 99 in IA

Most common type

Lattice tower

36% of structures

Over 200 feet

89% of structures

Peak build decade

2000s

47% built then

Who owns the towers in Mills County

17 different registrants own the 36 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 Mills County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 268 feet, close to the Iowa median of 259 feet. The tallest is a tower near Pacific Junction at 415 feet, built in 1991. More than in any other decade, 47% were built in the 2000s.

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

Structures in Mills 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
1015838	Tower	415 ft	1991	Pacific Junction	CitySwitch DevCo 1, LLC
1009058	Guyed tower	387 ft	1981	Hastings	KN Telecommunications Inc.
1282033	Tower	349 ft	2012	Glenwood	CitySwitch DevCo 1, LLC
1226373	Tower	348 ft	2001	Glenwood	CitySwitch DevCo 1, LLC
1228690	Lattice tower	345 ft	2001	Emerson	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1235177	Lattice tower	345 ft	2002	Glenwood	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1237514	Other or unspecified	320 ft	2003	Glenwood	Mills County 911
1308497	Lattice tower	319 ft	2019	Glenwood	Mills County 911
1258501	Guyed tower	315 ft	2007	Glenwood	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1304739	Lattice tower	315 ft	2018	Malvern	Mills County 911
1307326	Lattice tower	315 ft	2019	Glenwood	Mills County 911
1320814	Lattice tower	305 ft	2023	Lyons	VB 500 II, LLC
1314234	Guyed tower	304 ft	2020	Emerson	VB-S1 Assets, LLC
1326336	Lattice tower	304 ft	2024	Glenwood	TowerCo V Holdings LLC
1020794	Tower	295 ft	1968	Glenwood	MIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY
1259661	Lattice tower	280 ft	2008	Pacific Junction	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1015886	Tower	279 ft	1977	Glenwood	IOWA STATE OF
1208407	Lattice tower	272 ft	2000	Council Bluffs	American Towers LLC
1041358	Other or unspecified	265 ft	1998	Pacific Junction	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1238338	Lattice tower	265 ft	2003	Council Bluffs	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1209475	Tower	261 ft	1999	Glenwood	Pinnacle Towers LLC
1320776	Guyed tower	254 ft	2021	Silver City	VB-S1 Assets, LLC
1227299	Other or unspecified	247 ft	2001	Glenwood	TVT I, LLC
1227300	Other or unspecified	247 ft	2001	Glenwood	TVT I, LLC
1227301	Other or unspecified	247 ft	2001	Glenwood	TVT I, LLC
1227303	Other or unspecified	247 ft	2001	Glenwood	TVT I, LLC
1227305	Other or unspecified	247 ft	2001	Glenwood	TVT I, LLC
1227308	Other or unspecified	247 ft	2001	Glenwood	TVT I, LLC
1227309	Other or unspecified	247 ft	2001	Glenwood	TVT I, LLC
1016907	Lattice tower	238 ft	2019	Glenwood	MILLS, COUNTY OF
1061272	Guyed tower	223 ft	2002	Glenwood	BNSF Railway Co.
1007946	Lattice tower	213 ft	1991	Glenwood	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1285243	Lattice tower	199 ft	2013	Henderson	CitySwitch DevCo 1, LLC
1326352	Guyed tower	197 ft	2017	Glenwood	K-LOVE, Inc.
1323779	Guyed tower	150 ft	2000	Glenwood	PTI US TOWERS II, LLC
1309054	Guyed tower	100 ft	2010	Glenwood	CTI Towers Assets II, LLC

If you have a tower lease in Mills 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: Marion County (37), Webster County (37), Cass County (36), Page County (36), Winneshiek County (35).

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.