Cell towers in Douglas County, KS

The FCC registry lists 34 constructed antenna structures in Douglas County, 1% of Kansas's 2,852. Ownership is spread across 19 registrants; the largest, American Tower, has 4 (12%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 7 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 34
2Tallest 1033 ft
3Largest owner American Tower
4Median height (state 293 ft) 199 ft

Structures

rank 20 of 105 in KS

Most common type

Tower

47% of structures

Over 200 feet

44% of structures

Peak build decade

2000s

41% built then

Who owns the towers in Douglas County

19 different registrants own the 34 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 Douglas County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 199 feet, 94 feet shorter than the Kansas median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a tower near Lawrence at 1033 feet, built in 1990. More than in any other decade, 41% were built in the 2000s.

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

Structures in Douglas 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
1032917	Tower	1033 ft	1990	Lawrence	Connected Infra Group I,LLC
1213857	Tower	703 ft	1987	Lecompton	Intentional Life Media
1002085	Tower	699 ft	1990	Lawrence	UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS DBA = KANU RADIO
1031985	Other or unspecified	415 ft	1996	Lawrence	Kansas Department of Transportation
1032075	Other or unspecified	355 ft	1993	Lawrence	SBC TOWER HOLDINGS LLC
1006683	Guyed tower	305 ft	1996	Lawrence	American Towers LLC
1029385	Tower	302 ft	1996	Lawrence	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc.
1006532	Tower	300 ft	1996	Lecompton	Cellco Partnership
1288140	Guyed tower	300 ft	2013	Lecompton	HPB Properties, LLC
1034837	Tower	273 ft	1997	Lawrence	American Towers LLC
1245032	Tower	261 ft	2004	Overbrook	CCATT LLC
1032528	Tower	260 ft	1952	Worden	Communication Enhancement, LLC
1053083	Lattice tower	233 ft	1998	Lawrence	SBC TOWER HOLDINGS LLC
1032086	Mast	209 ft	1998	Lawrence	American Towers LLC
1240758	Tower	203 ft	2003	Lawrence	Midcontinent Communications
1022126	Lattice tower	200 ft	1996	Lawrence	American Towers LLC
1204624	Tower	199 ft	2006	Baldwin City	SBC TOWER HOLDINGS LLC
1240013	Pole	199 ft	2003	Lawrence	Douglas County Kansas
1288000	Lattice tower	199 ft	2013	Overbrook	Douglas County Kansas
1293503	Lattice tower	199 ft	2015	Lawrence	Horvath Special Towers
1295874	Lattice tower	185 ft	2015	Lawrence	Horvath Special Towers
1254367	Tower	160 ft	2006	Lawrence	T-Mobile USA Tower LLC
1257609	Tower	160 ft	2007	Lawrence	T-Mobile USA Tower LLC
1258675	Tower	160 ft	2007	Lawrence	T-Mobile USA Tower LLC
1283017	Tower	157 ft	2002	Lawrence	CCATT LLC
1286005	Monopole	153 ft	1997	Lawrence	AT&T Mobility Spectrum LLC
1266072	Lattice tower	133 ft	2008	Baldwin City	Cellco Partnership
1240044	Pole	124 ft	2003	Lawrence	Cellco Partnership
1239086	Pole	110 ft	2004	Lawrence	CCATT LLC
1323999	Monopole	105 ft	2026	Lawrence	Tillman Infrastructure, LLC
1250492	Pole	98 ft	2006	Lawrence	Cellco Partnership
1313529	Guyed tower	80 ft	2015	Baldwin City	CTI Towers Assets II, LLC
1272177	Tower	75 ft	2009	Lawrence	US Army Corps of Engineers
1272524	Tower	72 ft	2009	Lawrence	US Army Corps of Engineers

If you have a tower lease in Douglas 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: Leavenworth County (37), Lyon County (36), Dickinson County (35), Labette County (34), Miami County (33).

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.