Kansas / Shawnee County
#2 of 105 KS counties · 71 structures
Cell towers in Shawnee County, KS
The FCC registry lists 71 constructed antenna structures in Shawnee County, 2% of Kansas's 2,852 — one of the three most in the state. Ownership is spread across 40 registrants; the largest, American Tower, has 10 (14%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 19 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 71
- 2Tallest 1439 ft
- 3Largest owner American Tower
- 4Median height (state 293 ft) 170 ft
Who owns the towers in Shawnee County
40 different registrants own the 71 structures. One is registered to an individual or family trust, whose name this site withholds. 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 170 feet, 123 feet shorter than the Kansas median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a tower near Topeka at 1439 feet, built in 1984. More than in any other decade, 27% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1031887 | Tower | 1439 ft | 1984 | Topeka | Nexstar Media Inc. |
| 1315212 | Guyed tower | 1433 ft | 2020 | Topeka | Nexstar Media Inc. |
| 1032989 | Guyed tower | 1148 ft | 2022 | Topeka | Nexstar Media Inc. |
| 1032651 | Other or unspecified | 937 ft | 2004 | Topeka | WASHBURN UNIVERSITY OF TOPEKA |
| 1033285 | Lattice tower | 935 ft | 1989 | Dover | VB Nimbus, LLC |
| 1276612 | Guyed tower | 499 ft | 2012 | Topeka | Heartland Tower, Inc. |
| 1029225 | Tower | 492 ft | 1998 | Topeka | Shawnee County Sheriff's Office - Communications Division |
| 1033060 | Guyed tower | 450 ft | 1936 | Topeka | VB-S1 Assets, LLC |
| 1032059 | Other or unspecified | 413 ft | 1949 | Topeka | Kansas Department of Transportation |
| 1037725 | Tower | 410 ft | 1970 | Topeka | Midwest Mobile Radio Service |
| 1037560 | Guyed tower | 360 ft | 1989 | Rossville | American Towers LLC |
| 1245805 | Tower | 336 ft | 2004 | Topeka | SBA 2012 TC Assets, LLC |
| 1033061 | Guyed tower | 325 ft | 1936 | Topeka | VB-S1 Assets, LLC |
| 1030523 | Lattice tower | 319 ft | 2000 | Topeka | TOPEKA SMSA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP |
| 1010606 | Tower | 316 ft | 1997 | Topeka | American Towers LLC |
| 1019141 | Tower | 302 ft | 1997 | Topeka | American Towers LLC |
| 1006691 | Guyed tower | 301 ft | 1996 | Topeka | American Towers LLC |
| 1305050 | Lattice tower | 290 ft | 2018 | Auburn | Topeka Cellular Telephone Company, Inc. |
| 1010650 | Tower | 286 ft | 1996 | Tecumseh | American Towers LLC |
| 1031607 | On a building | 280 ft | 1967 | Topeka | EIGHTH & JACKSON INVESTMENT GROUP |
| 1287524 | Guyed tower | 280 ft | 2013 | Berryton | Shawnee County Sheriff's Office - Communications Division |
| 1287525 | Guyed tower | 280 ft | 2013 | Rossville | Shawnee County Sheriff's Office - Communications Division |
| 1046388 | On a building | 279 ft | 1998 | Topeka | BNSF Railway Co. |
| 1029400 | On a building | 264 ft | 1991 | Topeka | Evergy Kansas Central, Inc. |
| 1003374 | Tower | 250 ft | 1997 | Topeka | Topeka Cellular Telephone Company, Inc. |
| 1012290 | Lattice tower | 249 ft | 1997 | Topeka | American Towers LLC |
| 1060802 | Tower | 220 ft | 1996 | Topeka | UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD |
| 1025384 | Guyed tower | 218 ft | 1992 | Topeka | American Towers LLC |
| 1034845 | Tower | 200 ft | 1997 | Topeka | Montgomery Communications, Inc. |
| 1254951 | Tower | 199 ft | 2006 | Topeka | SBA Monarch Towers III, LLC |
| 1260565 | Tower | 199 ft | 2007 | Topeka | Private owner (name withheld) |
| 1046562 | Lattice tower | 195 ft | 2015 | Topeka | UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY |
| 1240048 | Tower | 190 ft | 2003 | Topeka | T-Mobile USA Tower LLC |
| 1034053 | Tower | 187 ft | 1995 | Topeka | Topeka Cellular Telephone Company, Inc. |
| 1286653 | Lattice tower | 185 ft | 1987 | Topeka | American Towers LLC |
| 1316807 | Monopole | 170 ft | 2021 | Topeka | K2 Towers III, LLC |
| 1208573 | Tower | 166 ft | 1987 | Topeka | Kansas Turnpike Authority |
| 1246794 | Tower | 166 ft | 1998 | Topeka | STC Five LLC |
| 1294278 | Monopole | 165 ft | 2016 | Berryton | Topeka Cellular Telephone Company, Inc. |
| 1290901 | Monopole | 164 ft | 2014 | Topeka | Topeka Cellular Telephone Company, Inc. |
| 1222279 | Pole | 160 ft | 2001 | Topeka | Topeka Cellular Telephone Company, Inc. |
| 1237915 | Pole | 159 ft | 1997 | Topeka | Topeka Cellular Telephone Company, Inc. |
| 1031173 | Lattice tower | 155 ft | 1977 | Topeka | American Towers LLC |
| 1238768 | Monopole | 155 ft | 2003 | Topeka | CCATT LLC |
| 1290531 | Monopole | 151 ft | 2014 | Topeka | Octagon Towers, LLC |
| 1255780 | Monopole | 146 ft | 2006 | Topeka | SBA Monarch Towers III, LLC |
| 1256737 | Tower | 140 ft | 2007 | Topeka | SBA Monarch Towers I, LLC |
| 1308719 | Monopole | 140 ft | 2019 | Topeka | TowerCo 2013 LLC |
| 1321296 | Monopole | 140 ft | 2022 | Topeka | TowerCo 2013 LLC |
| 1032078 | Monopole | 136 ft | 2001 | Topeka | TOPEKA SMSA TOWER HOLDINGS LLC |
| 1312743 | Monopole | 135 ft | 2020 | Topeka | Parallel Infrastructure III, LLC |
| 1315334 | Monopole | 135 ft | 2018 | Topeka | VB BTS III, LLC |
| 1238769 | Tower | 134 ft | 2004 | Topeka | CCATT LLC |
| 1225168 | Monopole | 133 ft | 2001 | Topeka | CCATT LLC |
| 1243202 | Pole | 121 ft | 2004 | Topeka | SBA Towers II LLC |
| 1039359 | Tower | 119 ft | 1994 | Topeka | American Towers, LLC |
| 1287784 | Monopole | 118 ft | 2013 | Berryton | CCATT LLC |
| 1330288 | Lattice tower | 115 ft | 2025 | Topeka | City of Topeka |
| 1326984 | Lattice tower | 85 ft | 2001 | Topeka | Wireless TowerCo LLC Attn: Symphony Wireless: Asset Management |
| 1279835 | Tower | 80 ft | 2012 | Topeka | Mercury Wireless |
| 1211694 | Mast | 70 ft | 1988 | Topeka | Graybeal Construction Co., Inc. |
| 1334393 | Lattice tower | 57 ft | 2026 | Topeka | BNSF Railway Co. |
| 1207669 | Tower | 55 ft | 1995 | Topeka | Kansas Department of Transportation |
| 1218526 | Pole | 50 ft | 2001 | Topeka | Sprint Spectrum LLC |
| 1265703 | Tower | 50 ft | 2009 | Topeka | BNSF Railway Co |
| 1265704 | Tower | 50 ft | 2009 | Topeka | BNSF Railway Co |
| 1300989 | Monopole | 50 ft | 2017 | Topeka | BNSF Railway Co. |
| 1302927 | Monopole | 50 ft | 2017 | Topeka | BNSF Railway Co. |
| 1208007 | Tower | 49 ft | 1956 | East Topeka | Kansas Turnpike Authority |
| 1202958 | Tower | 45 ft | 1987 | Topeka | KANSAS TURNPIKE AUTHORITY |
| 1204052 | Pole | 34 ft | 2000 | Topeka | Kansas Department of Transportation |
If you have a tower lease in Shawnee 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: Sedgwick County (198), Butler County (70), Johnson County (70), Reno County (68), Saline County (66).
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.