Cell towers in Brown County, MN

The FCC registry lists 23 constructed antenna structures in Brown County, 1% of Minnesota's 2,993. Ownership is spread across 15 registrants; the largest, American Tower, has 5 (22%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 7 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 23
2Tallest 403 ft
3Largest owner American Tower
4Median height (state 260 ft) 269 ft

Structures

rank 52 of 87 in MN

Most common type

Tower

39% of structures

Over 200 feet

74% of structures

Peak build decade

2000s

39% built then

Who owns the towers in Brown County

15 different registrants own the 23 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 Brown County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 269 feet, close to the Minnesota median of 260 feet. The tallest is a guyed tower near New Ulm at 403 feet, built in 1990. More than in any other decade, 39% were built in the 2000s.

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

Structures in Brown 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
1023891	Guyed tower	403 ft	1990	New Ulm	Alltel Corporation
1024127	Tower	400 ft	1995	Sleepy Eye	INGSTAD BROTHERS BROADCASTING, LLC
1027537	Tower	388 ft	1973	Springfield	SBA Towers II LLC
1266365	Tower	350 ft	2011	Evan	Minnesota, State of
1024126	Tower	328 ft	1949	New Ulm	INGSTAD BROTHERS BROADCASTING, LLC
1011113	Guyed tower	315 ft	2010	New Ulm	CCATT LLC
1220078	Tower	310 ft	2001	Cobden	American Towers LLC
1220084	Tower	310 ft	2001	Hanska	American Towers LLC
1057260	Guyed tower	287 ft	1981	New Ulm	American Towers LLC
1024293	Lattice tower	283 ft	2025	Sleepy Eye	Great River Energy
1022972	Other or unspecified	279 ft	1996	Springfield	HARVEST LAND CORP.
1222161	Guyed tower	269 ft	2001	Springfield	Alltel Corporation
1328231	Lattice tower	254 ft	2024	St. James	TowerNorth Development, LLC
1274753	Lattice tower	253 ft	2011	Comfrey	American Towers LLC
1325999	Lattice tower	250 ft	2023	Hanska	VB BTS, ll, LLC
1238629	Tower	245 ft	2003	Sleepy Eye	Redwood County Telephone Company
1221126	Tower	209 ft	2001	Essig	American Towers LLC
1292490	Lattice tower	198 ft	2014	Sleepy Eye	Alltel Corporation
1236267	Water tank	160 ft	2002	New Ulm	New Ulm, City of
1262618	Pole	130 ft	2007	Sleepy Eye	SWWC Service Cooperative
1206835	Tower	110 ft	1989	Springfield	Minnesota Tele-Media
1262593	Pole	100 ft	2007	Comfrey	SWWC Service Cooperative
1297473	Monopole	84 ft	2001	New Ulm	Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corporation

If you have a tower lease in Brown 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 Minnesota with similar tower counts: Wabasha County (25), Yellow Medicine County (25), Kittson County (24), Pope County (23), Steele County (23).

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.