Minnesota / Carlton County
#35 of 87 MN counties · 28 structures
Cell towers in Carlton County, MN
The FCC registry lists 28 constructed antenna structures in Carlton County, 1% of Minnesota's 2,993. American Tower owns 9 of them (32%), so a landowner here with a tower lease is more likely than not dealing with one company. The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 12 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 28
- 2Tallest 500 ft
- 3Largest owner American Tower
- 4Median height (state 260 ft) 302 ft
Who owns the towers in Carlton County
13 different registrants own the 28 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 302 feet, 42 feet taller than the Minnesota median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a guyed tower near Barnum at 500 feet, built in 1991. More than in any other decade, 39% were built in the 2010s.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1020166 | Guyed tower | 500 ft | 1991 | Barnum | RURAL CELLULAR CORPORATION |
| 1057603 | Guyed tower | 425 ft | 1999 | Cromwell | Rural Cellular Corporation |
| 1273375 | Guyed tower | 410 ft | 2010 | Tamarack | American Towers LLC |
| 1020198 | Guyed tower | 370 ft | 1993 | Cloquet | RURAL CELLULAR CORPORATION |
| 1287652 | Lattice tower | 350 ft | 2014 | Mahtowa | Minnesota, State of |
| 1293821 | Lattice tower | 350 ft | 2016 | Cromwell | Minnesota, State of |
| 1277927 | Tower | 349 ft | 2012 | Wrenshall | Minnesota, State of |
| 1023810 | Guyed tower | 325 ft | 1996 | Barnum | American Towers LLC |
| 1024532 | Guyed tower | 320 ft | 1978 | Barnum | Allete, Inc., d/b/a Minnesota Power |
| 1061302 | Guyed tower | 320 ft | 1998 | Cromwell | American Towers LLC |
| 1271718 | Guyed tower | 310 ft | 2010 | Kettle River | American Towers LLC |
| 1220013 | Guyed tower | 309 ft | 2001 | Sawyer | American Towers LLC |
| 1210726 | Guyed tower | 308 ft | 2013 | Moose Lake | American Towers LLC |
| 1272595 | Guyed tower | 305 ft | 2010 | Cloquet | American Towers LLC |
| 1272461 | Guyed tower | 300 ft | 2010 | Wrenshall | American Towers LLC |
| 1025199 | Guyed tower | 287 ft | 2012 | Esko | Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa |
| 1295336 | Lattice tower | 259 ft | 2016 | Moose Lake | RURAL CELLULAR CORPORATION |
| 1319676 | Lattice tower | 256 ft | 2022 | Wrenshall | Tillman Infrastructure, LLC |
| 1234206 | Tower | 200 ft | 1998 | Cloquet | Pinnacle Towers Acquisition LLC |
| 1241817 | Tower | 199 ft | 2004 | Scanlon | SBA Towers III LLC |
| 1320110 | Lattice tower | 199 ft | 2022 | Carlton | TowerCo VI, LLC |
| 1307344 | Guyed tower | 197 ft | 2008 | Moose Lake | CTI Towers Assets II, LLC |
| 1242156 | Water tank | 192 ft | 2004 | Cloquet | Cloquet, City of |
| 1253140 | Monopole | 186 ft | 2006 | Cloquet | CCTM2 LLC |
| 1274919 | Monopole | 185 ft | 2010 | Cloquet | Rural Cellular Corporation |
| 1027439 | Guyed tower | 184 ft | 2002 | Carlton | American Towers LLC |
| 1204550 | Guyed tower | 105 ft | 1999 | Scanlon | CTI Towers Assets II, LLC |
| 1239454 | Tower | 87 ft | 2003 | Moose Lake | Minnesota, State of |
If you have a tower lease in Carlton 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: Roseau County (31), Becker County (30), Benton County (30), Faribault County (28), Martin County (28).
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.