Cell towers in Hamilton County, KS

The FCC registry lists 18 constructed antenna structures in Hamilton County, 1% of Kansas's 2,852. Ownership is spread across 13 registrants; the largest, American Tower, has 3 (17%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 3 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 18
2Tallest 450 ft
3Largest owner American Tower
4Median height (state 293 ft) 310 ft

Structures

rank 69 of 105 in KS

Most common type

Tower

50% of structures

Over 200 feet

67% of structures

Peak build decade

2000s

39% built then

Who owns the towers in Hamilton County

13 different registrants own the 18 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 Hamilton County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 310 feet, 17 feet taller than the Kansas median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a tower near Syracuse at 450 feet, built in 2000. More than in any other decade, 39% were built in the 2000s.

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

Structures in Hamilton 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
1226436	Tower	450 ft	2000	Syracuse	American Towers LLC
1325070	Guyed tower	429 ft	2024	Syracuse	Tillman Infrastructure, LLC
1032266	Guyed tower	415 ft	1994	Syracuse	American Towers LLC
1215743	Other or unspecified	415 ft	2000	Syracuse	Kansas Department of Transportation
1210571	Tower	404 ft	2007	Syracuse	WHEATLAND ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.
1035637	Guyed tower	402 ft	1994	Syracuse	American Towers LLC
1278537	Tower	315 ft	2011	Syracuse	United WIreless Communications Inc.
1032705	Tower	313 ft	1958	Syracuse	Hamilton County, KS
1259841	Other or unspecified	310 ft	2007	Coolidge	The Pioneer Telephone Association, Inc. d/b/a Pioneer Communications
1259929	Other or unspecified	310 ft	2007	Coolidge	The Pioneer Telephone Association, Inc. d/b/a Pioneer Communications
1259756	Other or unspecified	250 ft	2007	Syracuse	The Pioneer Telephone Association, Inc. d/b/a Pioneer Communications
1032525	Tower	236 ft	1958	Syracuse	Altitude Structures, LLC.
1046383	Guyed tower	200 ft	2000	Syracuse	BNSF Railway Co.
1037854	Tower	197 ft	1997	Syracuse	Guldner Farms Inc
1275194	Tower	190 ft	2010	Kendall	United Wireless Communications Inc
1279252	Tower	140 ft	2011	Syracuse	Alltel Corporation
1282601	Tower	120 ft	2012	Syracuse	HAMILTON COUNTY HOSPITAL
1032706	On a building	110 ft	1955	Syracuse	Kansas Department of Transportation

If you have a tower lease in Hamilton 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: Rice County (19), Chautauqua County (18), Clark County (18), Haskell County (18), Morris County (18).

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.