Kansas / Ellis County
#26 of 105 KS counties · 31 structures
Cell towers in Ellis County, KS
The FCC registry lists 31 constructed antenna structures in Ellis County, 1% of Kansas's 2,852. Ownership is spread across 23 registrants; the largest, Industrial Tower and Wireless, has 7 (23%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 4 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 31
- 2Tallest 919 ft
- 3Largest owner Industrial Tower and Wireless
- 4Median height (state 293 ft) 253 ft
Who owns the towers in Ellis County
23 different registrants own the 31 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 253 feet, 40 feet shorter than the Kansas median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a tower near Ellis at 919 feet, built in 1998. More than in any other decade, 32% were built in the 2010s.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1032123 | Tower | 919 ft | 1998 | Ellis | Eagle Communications, Inc. |
| 1032667 | Tower | 818 ft | 1960 | Hays | Gray Local Media, Inc. |
| 1028987 | Tower | 500 ft | 1985 | Hays | HESS LAND LLC |
| 1222687 | Guyed tower | 500 ft | 2022 | Hays | APAC KANSAS INC |
| 1032228 | Tower | 496 ft | 1991 | Victoria | American Towers LLC |
| 1033011 | Tower | 466 ft | 1974 | Hays | Eagle Communications, Inc. |
| 1298712 | Pole | 427 ft | 2016 | Ellis | Buckeye Wind Energy LLC |
| 1215756 | Other or unspecified | 415 ft | 2001 | Ellis | Kansas Department of Transportation |
| 1034306 | Other or unspecified | 404 ft | 1992 | Hays | Midwest Energy, Inc. |
| 1029764 | Tower | 400 ft | 1985 | Hays | MRT Communications, Inc. |
| 1035640 | Guyed tower | 348 ft | 2006 | Hays | American Towers LLC |
| 1032768 | Tower | 320 ft | 1963 | Hays | Divine Mercy Radio, Inc. |
| 1032741 | Guyed tower | 300 ft | 1958 | Hays | Kansas Department of Transportation |
| 1277948 | Tower | 300 ft | 2011 | Ellis (North) | Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC |
| 1313401 | Lattice tower | 286 ft | 2020 | Hays | ALLTEL Corporation |
| 1031269 | Tower | 253 ft | 1959 | Ellis | Emmis Television License Corporation of Wichita |
| 1281669 | Tower | 250 ft | 2011 | Ellis | Nextech Wireless |
| 1039956 | Tower | 205 ft | 1969 | Hays | Knoxville TV LLC |
| 1277962 | Tower | 200 ft | 2011 | Plainville (South) | Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC |
| 1279107 | Tower | 200 ft | 2011 | Hays | Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC |
| 1249569 | Other or unspecified | 198 ft | 2005 | Plainville | Nex-Tech Wireless, LLC |
| 1232496 | Monopole | 170 ft | 2002 | Hays | SBA Structures, LLC |
| 1322236 | Monopole | 164 ft | 2025 | Hays | Tillman Infrastructure, LLC |
| 1213726 | Guyed tower | 159 ft | 2000 | Hays | SBA Towers II LLC |
| 1277961 | Tower | 155 ft | 2011 | Hays (East) | Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC |
| 1278483 | Tower | 150 ft | 2011 | Ellis (Downtown) | Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC |
| 1284158 | Tower | 150 ft | 2012 | Hays (South) | Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC |
| 1322509 | Monopole | 120 ft | 2022 | Hays | Nex-Tech Wireless |
| 1065382 | On a building | 115 ft | 1970 | Hays | ELLIS, COUNTY OF |
| 1278123 | Tower | 80 ft | 2011 | Hays | Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC |
| 1288441 | Pole | 50 ft | 2013 | Hays | City of Hays |
If you have a tower lease in Ellis 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: Cherokee County (32), Cloud County (32), Barber County (31), Harvey County (31), Linn County (31).
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.