Cell towers in Atchison County, KS

The FCC registry lists 20 constructed antenna structures in Atchison County, 1% of Kansas's 2,852. Ownership is spread across 17 registrants; the largest, American Tower, has 4 (20%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 5 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 20
2Tallest 600 ft
3Largest owner American Tower
4Median height (state 293 ft) 266 ft

Structures

rank 56 of 105 in KS

Most common type

Guyed tower

35% of structures

Over 200 feet

75% of structures

Peak build decade

1990s

45% built then

Who owns the towers in Atchison County

17 different registrants own the 20 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 Atchison County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 266 feet, 27 feet shorter than the Kansas median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a guyed tower near Muscotah at 600 feet, built in 1994. More than in any other decade, 45% were built in the 1990s.

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

Structures in Atchison 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
1032120	Guyed tower	600 ft	1994	Muscotah	KNZA, Inc.
1031986	Other or unspecified	415 ft	1994	Huron	Kansas Department of Transportation
1029368	Tower	397 ft	1996	Atchison	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.
1032676	Guyed tower	350 ft	1995	Effingham	Global Tower, LLC. through American Towers, LLC
1310957	Guyed tower	349 ft	2022	Effingham	Tillman Infrastructure, LLC
1032122	Tower	347 ft	1994	Huron	KNZA, Inc.
1260424	Guyed tower	332 ft	2007	St. Pats	American Towers LLC
1317836	Lattice tower	306 ft	2022	Cummings	PI Tower Development LLC
1293927	Guyed tower	300 ft	1992	Lancaster	Haug Communications Inc.
1210341	Other or unspecified	266 ft	2000	Cummings	Cargill, Inc.
1032080	Other or unspecified	265 ft	1995	Atchison	SBC TOWER HOLDINGS LLC
1326036	Lattice tower	265 ft	2023	Lancaster	VB BTS, ll, LLC
1245688	Tower	260 ft	2005	Atchison	SBA 2012 TC Assets, LLC
1229668	Guyed tower	245 ft	2001	Atchison	Global Tower, LLC. through American Towers, LLC
1032799	Tower	242 ft	1997	Atchison	HAUG COMMUNICATIONS INC
1286578	Lattice tower	199 ft	2013	Horton	Horvath Towers III, LLC
1255686	Lattice tower	190 ft	2004	Atchison	American Towers LLC
1289807	Lattice tower	173 ft	1997	Atchison	T-Mobile USA Tower LLC
1313108	Guyed tower	145 ft	2016	Atchison	Vyve Broadband A, LLC
1254298	Mast	37 ft	2006	Atchison	Atchison, City of

If you have a tower lease in Atchison 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 Kansas with similar tower counts: Marion County (21), Ottawa County (21), Phillips County (21), Bourbon County (20), Grant County (20).

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.