Kansas / Barton County
#13 of 105 KS counties · 42 structures
Cell towers in Barton County, KS
The FCC registry lists 42 constructed antenna structures in Barton County, 1% of Kansas's 2,852. Ownership is spread across 31 registrants; the largest, American Tower, has 5 (12%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 7 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 42
- 2Tallest 1005 ft
- 3Largest owner American Tower
- 4Median height (state 293 ft) 301 ft
Who owns the towers in Barton County
31 different registrants own the 42 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.
Height and age
The median structure here stands 301 feet, close to the Kansas median of 293 feet. The tallest is a tower near Great Bend at 1005 feet, built in 1954. More than in any other decade, 21% were built in the 1990s.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1031274 | Tower | 1005 ft | 1954 | Great Bend | Nexstar Media Inc. |
| 1032666 | Tower | 804 ft | 1992 | Galatia | HUTCHINSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE |
| 1026742 | Tower | 535 ft | 1988 | Susank | KSAS Licensee, LLC |
| 1032229 | Tower | 495 ft | 1990 | Albert | American Towers LLC |
| 1325077 | Guyed tower | 468 ft | 2025 | Albert | Tillman Infrastructure, LLC |
| 1034839 | Guyed tower | 465 ft | 1997 | Galatia | American Towers LLC |
| 1032762 | Tower | 419 ft | 1997 | Pawnee Rock | MRT Communications, Inc. |
| 1063572 | Guyed tower | 418 ft | 1999 | Hoisington | American Towers LLC |
| 1044222 | Other or unspecified | 415 ft | 1998 | Great Bend | Kansas Department of Transportation |
| 1032983 | Tower | 403 ft | 1981 | Hoisington | Eagle Communications, Inc. |
| 1326100 | Guyed tower | 385 ft | 2023 | Great Bend | VB BTS, ll, LLC |
| 1323343 | Guyed tower | 364 ft | 2022 | Great Bend | MRT Communications, Inc. |
| 1039957 | Tower | 354 ft | 1965 | Great Bend | Knoxville TV LLC |
| 1305869 | Guyed tower | 350 ft | 2021 | Susank | Midwest Energy, Inc. |
| 1035639 | Guyed tower | 339 ft | 1994 | Great Bend | American Towers LLC |
| 1203563 | Guyed tower | 323 ft | 2013 | Great Bend | Rural Telephone Service Company, Inc. |
| 1330962 | Guyed tower | 323 ft | 2025 | Great Bend | Rural Telephone Service Co., Inc. |
| 1218768 | Guyed tower | 313 ft | 2011 | Great Bend | Octagon Towers, LLC |
| 1032510 | Tower | 306 ft | 1958 | Pawnee Rock | Heartland Tower Inc. |
| 1216010 | Guyed tower | 306 ft | 2005 | Great Bend | SBA Towers II LLC |
| 1031893 | Tower | 302 ft | 1965 | Susank | County of Barton |
| 1033548 | Tower | 300 ft | 1992 | Great Bend | KN Telecommunications Inc. |
| 1033220 | Tower | 300 ft | 1982 | Great Bend | BARTON, COUNTY OF |
| 1217960 | Guyed tower | 300 ft | 2000 | Great Bend | SBA Towers II LLC |
| 1032507 | Tower | 293 ft | 1958 | Hoisington | Heartland Tower Inc. |
| 1282557 | Mast | 290 ft | 2012 | Claflin | Alltel Corporation |
| 1298115 | Lattice tower | 285 ft | 2018 | Ellinwood | Alltel Corporation |
| 1034301 | Other or unspecified | 268 ft | 1997 | Great Bend | Midwest Energy, Inc. |
| 1035473 | Tower | 266 ft | 1987 | Albert | UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY |
| 1280987 | Tower | 257 ft | 2012 | Great Bend | Wheatland Electric Cooperative, Inc |
| 1331681 | Guyed tower | 250 ft | 2025 | Great Bend | Nex-Tech Wireless |
| 1302061 | Lattice tower | 240 ft | 2017 | Great Bend | Midwest Energy, Inc. |
| 1240501 | Other or unspecified | 220 ft | 2003 | Ellinwood | CTI Towers Assets II, LLC |
| 1032419 | Tower | 213 ft | 2005 | Claflin | Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc. |
| 1272626 | Tower | 200 ft | 2011 | Heitzer | Sunflower Electric Power Corporation |
| 1319572 | Monopole | 200 ft | 2021 | Great Bend | Parallel Infrastructure III, LLC |
| 1249576 | Other or unspecified | 198 ft | 2005 | Clafln | Nex-Tech Wireless, LLC |
| 1284915 | Lattice tower | 195 ft | 1983 | Great Bend | American Towers LLC |
| 1033088 | Tower | 160 ft | 1973 | Ellinwood | CITY OF ELLINWOOD KS |
| 1329757 | Lattice tower | 150 ft | 2025 | Great Bend | Nex-Tech Wireless |
| 1277714 | Other or unspecified | 124 ft | 2011 | Great Bend | Nextech Wireless |
| 1234054 | Pole | 47 ft | 2003 | Great Bend | City of Great Bend |
If you have a tower lease in Barton 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: Wyandotte County (50), Finney County (48), Cowley County (43), Crawford County (42), Ford County (41).
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.