Minnesota / Marshall County

#59 of 87 MN counties · 22 structures

Cell towers in Marshall County, MN

The FCC registry lists 22 constructed antenna structures in Marshall County, 1% of Minnesota's 2,993. Minnesota, State of owns 8 of them (36%), 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 5 between them.

Value a buyout offer

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  1. 1Constructed structures 22
  2. 2Tallest 499 ft
  3. 3Largest owner Minnesota, State of
  4. 4Median height (state 260 ft) 350 ft
Structures
22
rank 59 of 87 in MN
Most common type
Tower
55% of structures
Over 200 feet
18
82% of structures
Peak build decade
2010s
50% built then

Who owns the towers in Marshall County

10 different registrants own the 22 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.

Minnesota, State of8Crown Castle3RURAL CELLULAR CORPORATION2BNSF Railway2American Tower2Wikstrom Telephone Company, 1CHS Inc1Enbridge Energy Company, Inc1
Constructed structures in Marshall County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 350 feet, 90 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 Thief River Falls at 499 feet, built in 2010. More than in any other decade, 50% were built in the 2010s.

Tower12Guyed tower6Lattice tower2Other or unspecified1Mast1
Structures in Marshall County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
21970s61990s22000s112010s12020s
Structures in Marshall 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.TypeHeightBuiltCityOwner
1054246Guyed tower499 ft2010Thief River FallsCCATT LLC
1038601Guyed tower489 ft2010KarlstadCCATT LLC
1023318Tower480 ft1973WarrenWikstrom Telephone Company, Inc.
1020151Guyed tower458 ft1995GryglaRURAL CELLULAR CORPORATION
1020155Guyed tower418 ft1994MarshallRURAL CELLULAR CORPORATION
1203204Tower395 ft2010WarrenCCATT LLC
1273025Tower350 ft2012GoodridgeMinnesota, State of
1273029Tower350 ft2011DonaldsonMinnesota, State of
1275218Tower350 ft2012ArgyleMinnesota, State of
1277434Tower350 ft2012StrandquistMinnesota, State of
1277451Tower350 ft2011GatzkeMinnesota, State of
1277452Tower350 ft2012GryglaMinnesota, State of
1050391Tower320 ft1991VikingEnbridge Energy Company, Inc.
1278173Guyed tower310 ft2012NewfoldenAmerican Towers LLC
1303801Lattice tower310 ft2019Middle RiverMinnesota, State of
1264792Guyed tower301 ft2008Middle RiverAmerican Towers LLC
1058170Tower300 ft1978New FoldenWikstrom Telephone Company
1030252Other or unspecified203 ft1994StephenCHS Inc
1208383Tower171 ft2000NewfoldenSoo System Radio Communications Corporation
1298691Lattice tower120 ft1995GryglaMinnesota, State of
1061871Tower70 ft1995WarrenBNSF Railway Co.
1320504Mast50 ft2023StephenBNSF Railway Co.

If you have a tower lease in Marshall 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: Fillmore County (22), Houston County (22), Kanabec County (22), Renville County (22), Swift County (22).

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.