Cell towers in Nicollet County, MN

The FCC registry lists 16 constructed antenna structures in Nicollet County, 1% of Minnesota's 2,993. Ownership is spread across 14 registrants; the largest, American Tower, has 2 (13%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 4 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 16
2Tallest 706 ft
3Largest owner American Tower
4Median height (state 260 ft) 313 ft

Structures

rank 75 of 87 in MN

Most common type

Tower

63% of structures

Over 200 feet

94% of structures

Peak build decade

2000s

44% built then

Who owns the towers in Nicollet County

14 different registrants own the 16 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 Nicollet County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 313 feet, 53 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 Mankato at 706 feet, built in 1983. More than in any other decade, 44% were built in the 2000s.

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

Structures in Nicollet 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
1024159	Guyed tower	706 ft	1983	Mankato	SBA Towers IX, LLC
1024121	Tower	509 ft	1993	North Mankato	Vertical Bridge S3 Assets, LLC
1023439	Guyed tower	418 ft	2010	Nicollet	CCATT LLC
1248886	Tower	395 ft	2007	Nicollet	Grain Communications IV, LLC
1023071	Tower	367 ft	1993	North Mankato	BLUE EARTH, COUNTY OF
1295583	Guyed tower	367 ft	2015	North Mankato	Blue Earth County Public Safety
1266719	Tower	350 ft	2011	Nicollet	Minnesota, State of
1024295	Lattice tower	323 ft	2025	New Sweden	Great River Energy
1218611	Guyed tower	303 ft	2001	Lafayette	American Towers LLC
1231648	Tower	300 ft	2001	New Ulm	New Ulm Telecom, Inc.
1242473	Tower	299 ft	2004	North Mankato	Redwood County Telephone Company
1242695	Tower	285 ft	2004	Courtland	Redwood County Telephone Company
1308323	Lattice tower	256 ft	2023	Nichollet	ALLTEL Corporation
1220429	Tower	251 ft	2000	New Ulm	American Towers LLC
1025276	Tower	215 ft	1960	North Mankato	Gray Local Media, Inc.
1217634	Tower	199 ft	2000	Nicollet	T-Mobile USA Tower LLC

If you have a tower lease in Nicollet 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: Carver County (17), Dodge County (16), Grant County (16), Le Sueur County (15), Rock County (15).

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.