Kansas / Franklin County
#36 of 105 KS counties · 27 structures
Cell towers in Franklin County, KS
The FCC registry lists 27 constructed antenna structures in Franklin County, 1% of Kansas's 2,852. Ownership is spread across 17 registrants; the largest, American Tower, has 6 (22%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 11 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 27
- 2Tallest 486 ft
- 3Largest owner American Tower
- 4Median height (state 293 ft) 280 ft
Who owns the towers in Franklin County
17 different registrants own the 27 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 280 feet, 13 feet shorter than the Kansas median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a guyed tower near Ottawa at 486 feet, built in 1997. More than in any other decade, 33% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1034842 | Guyed tower | 486 ft | 1997 | Ottawa | Vyve Broadband A, LLC |
| 1047919 | Guyed tower | 447 ft | 1998 | Ottawa | SBA Towers II LLC |
| 1029015 | Guyed tower | 409 ft | 1998 | Ottawa | American Towers LLC |
| 1031729 | Tower | 407 ft | 1996 | Ottawa | BRANDY COMMUNICATIONS INC |
| 1017305 | Tower | 380 ft | 1992 | Franklin | Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company, LP |
| 1207713 | Guyed tower | 337 ft | 2000 | Ottawa | American Towers LLC |
| 1211625 | Guyed tower | 337 ft | 2000 | Pomona | American Towers LLC |
| 1214376 | Guyed tower | 333 ft | 2000 | Wellsville | American Towers LLC |
| 1032370 | Tower | 317 ft | 1990 | Williamsburg | American Towers LLC |
| 1249092 | Guyed tower | 309 ft | 2006 | Richmond | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1032403 | Tower | 305 ft | 2007 | Ottawa | Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc. |
| 1207041 | Guyed tower | 305 ft | 1999 | Williamsburg | SBA Towers II LLC |
| 1241938 | Guyed tower | 302 ft | 2005 | Wellsville | SBA Towers II LLC |
| 1316800 | Lattice tower | 280 ft | 2021 | Wellsville | Harmoni Towers LLC |
| 1323710 | Lattice tower | 271 ft | 2026 | Wellsville | Tillman Infrastructure, LLC |
| 1235395 | Tower | 260 ft | 2003 | Richmond | CCTM2 LLC |
| 1285490 | Lattice tower | 260 ft | 2012 | Pomona | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1287253 | Lattice tower | 260 ft | 2013 | Pomona | American Towers LLC |
| 1031283 | Lattice tower | 220 ft | 2013 | Williamsburg | Evergy Metro, Inc. |
| 1226885 | Tower | 200 ft | 1997 | Ottawa | Alltel Corporation |
| 1304593 | Lattice tower | 199 ft | 2018 | Ottawa | Great Plains Energy, Incorporated |
| 1332598 | Lattice tower | 199 ft | 2026 | Ottawa | Diamond Towers V LLC |
| 1324023 | Lattice tower | 190 ft | 2025 | Ottawa | Tillman Infrastructure, LLC |
| 1263978 | Monopole | 182 ft | 2006 | Pomona | SBA Monarch Towers I, LLC |
| 1060827 | Tower | 170 ft | 1985 | Ottawa | Evergy Metro, Inc. |
| 1014553 | Lattice tower | 156 ft | 1997 | Ottawa | T-Mobile USA Tower LLC |
| 1298012 | Lattice tower | 40 ft | 2016 | Ottawa | City of Ottawa |
If you have a tower lease in Franklin 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: Riley County (30), Harper County (28), Marshall County (28), Greenwood County (27), Kingman County (27).
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.