Cell towers in Olmsted County, MN

The FCC registry lists 53 constructed antenna structures in Olmsted County, 2% of Minnesota's 2,993. Ownership is spread across 30 registrants; the largest, Townsquare Media Rochester, LLC, has 10 (19%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 15 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 53
2Tallest 996 ft
3Largest owner Townsquare Media Rochester, LLC
4Median height (state 260 ft) 260 ft

Structures

rank 11 of 87 in MN

Most common type

Tower

45% of structures

Over 200 feet

58% of structures

Peak build decade

2000s

49% built then

Who owns the towers in Olmsted County

30 different registrants own the 53 structures. 2 are registered to individuals or family trusts, whose names 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.

Constructed structures in Olmsted County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 260 feet, close to the Minnesota median of 260 feet. The tallest is a guyed tower near Rochester at 996 feet, built in 1986. More than in any other decade, 49% were built in the 2000s.

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

Structures in Olmsted 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
1029133	Guyed tower	996 ft	1986	Rochester	SBA Towers IX, LLC
1025244	Guyed tower	554 ft	1975	Viola	Global Tower, LLC. through American Towers, LLC
1059762	Tower	500 ft	1991	Byron	Vertical Bridge Towers III, LLC
1014477	Tower	499 ft	1998	Eyota	Townsquare Media Rochester, LLC
1059748	Other or unspecified	410 ft	1974	Rochester	Townsquare Media Rochester, LLC
1023898	Other or unspecified	393 ft	1996	Douglas	Alltel Corporation
1051841	Guyed tower	385 ft	1998	Rochester	SBA Structures, LLC
1022166	Tower	354 ft	1966	Rochester	Private owner (name withheld)
1247370	Tower	350 ft	2005	Pleasant Grove	Minnesota, State of
1248173	Tower	350 ft	2005	Byron	Minnesota, State of
1247674	Tower	349 ft	2005	Oronoco	Minnesota, State of
1059755	Other or unspecified	348 ft	2000	Rochester	Townsquare Media Rochester, LLC
1034334	Tower	347 ft	1962	Rochester	Contact Wireless, LLC
1023897	Guyed tower	335 ft	1996	Rochester	American Towers LLC
1021982	Tower	326 ft	1993	Rochester	Minnesota, State of
1245592	Tower	315 ft	2004	Dover	Vertical Bridge S3 Assets, LLC
1201982	Tower	311 ft	2000	Oronoco	American Towers LLC
1237547	Guyed tower	310 ft	2003	Stewartville	TowerCo V Holdings LLC
1247504	Tower	308 ft	2005	Oronoco	CCATT LLC
1033928	Guyed tower	305 ft	2000	Byron	American Towers LLC
1252253	Tower	304 ft	2006	Oronoco	SBA Towers II LLC
1027971	Tower	297 ft	1987	Rochester	AT&T Corp
1045800	Tower	279 ft	1998	Rochester	Private owner (name withheld)
1052034	Tower	279 ft	1997	Rochester	Whitewater Wireless, Inc.
1060706	Tower	279 ft	1997	Rochester	SHOCKLEY COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
1205184	Guyed tower	265 ft	2000	Rochester	Alltel Corporation
1027546	Guyed tower	260 ft	1979	Chatfield	CTI Towers, Inc.
1024213	Lattice tower	258 ft	1953	Eyota	American Towers LLC
1261732	Lattice tower	258 ft	2008	Hayfield	Cellco Partnership
1220462	Tower	255 ft	2000	Eyota	American Towers LLC
1024310	Guyed tower	240 ft	2008	Chatfield	INTERSTATE POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY
1220658	Tower	200 ft	2001	Eyota	American Towers LLC
1294082	Monopole	200 ft	2015	Eyota	SBA Towers X, LLC
1042726	Monopole	199 ft	1994	Rochester	CCATT LLC
1216196	Tower	199 ft	2000	Dover	T-Mobile USA Tower LLC
1225393	Monopole	199 ft	2001	Marion	Cellco Partnership
1212092	Tower	198 ft	2001	Rochester	21ST CENTURY WIRELESS GROUP INC
1273071	Other or unspecified	197 ft	2001	Eyota	Alltel Corporation
1216194	Tower	195 ft	2000	Marion	CCTM2 LLC
1011357	Guyed tower	194 ft	1960	Simpson	Gray Local Media, Inc.
1059756	Other or unspecified	193 ft	2000	Rochester	Townsquare Media Rochester, LLC
1330243	Monopole	185 ft	2025	Rochester	UCI Tower LLC
1296264	Monopole	184 ft	2015	Rochester	TerraPact Towers, LLC
1234506	Guyed tower	180 ft	1990	Rochester	Townsquare Media Rochester, LLC
1019126	Tower	156 ft	1997	Stewartville	American Towers LLC
1011356	Tower	156 ft	1965	Rochester	City of Rochester
1059749	Other or unspecified	153 ft	1980	Rochester	Townsquare Media Rochester, LLC
1059751	Other or unspecified	144 ft	2000	Rochester	Townsquare Media Rochester, LLC
1059752	Other or unspecified	144 ft	2000	Rochester	Townsquare Media Rochester, LLC
1059753	Other or unspecified	144 ft	2000	Rochester	Townsquare Media Rochester, LLC
1059754	Other or unspecified	144 ft	2000	Rochester	Townsquare Media Rochester, LLC
1309169	Monopole	134 ft	2019	Rochester	Horvath Towers V, LLC
1237955	Tower	110 ft	2003	Rochester	Federal Bureau of Prisons

If you have a tower lease in Olmsted 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: Crow Wing County (68), Cass County (59), Polk County (55), Hubbard County (49), Clay County (48).

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.