Kansas / Ford County
#15 of 105 KS counties · 41 structures
Cell towers in Ford County, KS
The FCC registry lists 41 constructed antenna structures in Ford County, 1% of Kansas's 2,852. Ownership is spread across 28 registrants; the largest, Alltel, has 7 (17%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 8 between them.
Who owns the towers in Ford County
28 different registrants own the 41 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 303 feet, close to the Kansas median of 293 feet. The tallest is a structure near Ford at 495 feet, built in 2004. More than in any other decade, 37% were built in the 2000s.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1215724 | Other or unspecified | 495 ft | 2004 | Ford | Kansas Department of Transportation |
| 1042141 | Tower | 427 ft | 2003 | Dodge City | Pinnacle Towers LLC |
| 1231348 | Other or unspecified | 420 ft | 1976 | Dodge City | Croell, Inc. |
| 1235971 | Tower | 418 ft | 2004 | Dodge City | MRT Communications, Inc. |
| 1032415 | Guyed tower | 384 ft | 2017 | Ford | Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc. |
| 1043716 | Lattice tower | 381 ft | 2020 | Dodge City | American Towers LLC |
| 1030752 | Tower | 370 ft | 1979 | Dodge City | VICTORY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION INC |
| 1046277 | Tower | 368 ft | 2003 | Dodge City | Alltel Corporation |
| 1032500 | Lattice tower | 349 ft | 1988 | Dodge City | Heartland Tower Inc. |
| 1248054 | Other or unspecified | 320 ft | 2005 | Cimarron | JMZ Corporation |
| 1248321 | Other or unspecified | 320 ft | 2005 | Ford | JMZ Corporation |
| 1249385 | Other or unspecified | 320 ft | 2005 | Dodge City | Tolairus LLC |
| 1266739 | Guyed tower | 315 ft | 2009 | Dodge City | American Towers LLC |
| 1029391 | Tower | 312 ft | 2011 | Minneola | SEPC, LLC |
| 1017301 | Tower | 310 ft | 1994 | Minneola | Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company, LP |
| 1033550 | Tower | 310 ft | 1992 | Minneola | KN Telecommunications Inc. |
| 1032714 | Tower | 310 ft | 1957 | Dodge City | COUNTY OF FORD |
| 1034786 | Tower | 305 ft | 2006 | Bucklin | United Communications Association, Inc. |
| 1328472 | Lattice tower | 305 ft | 2025 | Bucklin | ALLTEL Corporation |
| 1248887 | Tower | 304 ft | 2005 | Bucklin | SBA Towers II LLC |
| 1032646 | Tower | 303 ft | 1990 | Dodge City | SMOKY HILLS PUBLIC TELEVISION, INC. |
| 1213275 | Tower | 300 ft | 2000 | Offerle | SBA Towers II LLC |
| 1289803 | Lattice tower | 295 ft | 2014 | Ensign | Alltel Corporation |
| 1307838 | Guyed tower | 295 ft | 2019 | Dodge City | Tillman Infrastructure, LLC |
| 1283791 | Mast | 289 ft | 2012 | Spearville | Alltel Corporation |
| 1300936 | Lattice tower | 285 ft | 2016 | Bucklin | United Wireless Communications, Inc. |
| 1309165 | Lattice tower | 260 ft | 2020 | Wright | Harmoni Towers, LLC |
| 1240073 | Lattice tower | 256 ft | 2004 | Ford | SBA Towers IX, LLC |
| 1278605 | Guyed tower | 248 ft | 2012 | Ford | Alltel Corporation |
| 1213272 | Tower | 212 ft | 2000 | Dodge City | SBA Towers II LLC |
| 1002482 | Lattice tower | 199 ft | 1997 | Dodge City | American Towers LLC |
| 1285382 | Guyed tower | 199 ft | 2012 | Spearville | United Wireless Communications, Inc. |
| 1295511 | Lattice tower | 199 ft | 2015 | Dodge City | Horvath Towers III, LLC |
| 1315143 | Lattice tower | 193 ft | 2020 | Dodge City | Parallel Infrastructure III, LLC |
| 1062783 | Monopole | 169 ft | 1999 | Dodge City | Alltel Corporation |
| 1033154 | Other or unspecified | 163 ft | 1961 | Dodge City | DODGE CITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE |
| 1035713 | Other or unspecified | 163 ft | 1961 | Dodge City | DODGE CITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE |
| 1223739 | Tower | 156 ft | 2001 | Bucklin | UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD |
| 1278939 | Tower | 115 ft | 2011 | Dodge City | Alltel Corporation |
| 1239416 | Tower | 100 ft | 2003 | Dodge City | Kansas Broadcast Company, LLC |
| 1032715 | On a building | 48 ft | 1967 | Dodge City | Kansas Department of Transportation |
If you have a tower lease in Ford 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: Cowley County (43), Barton County (42), Crawford County (42), Ellsworth County (40), Leavenworth County (37).
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.