Cell towers in Franklin County, NE

The FCC registry lists 11 constructed antenna structures in Franklin County, 1% of Nebraska's 2,068. Industrial Tower and Wireless owns 7 of them (64%), 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 1 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 11
2Tallest 350 ft
3Largest owner Industrial Tower and Wireless
4Median height (state 240 ft) 260 ft

Structures

rank 72 of 93 in NE

Most common type

Guyed tower

36% of structures

Over 200 feet

55% of structures

Peak build decade

2000s

36% built then

Who owns the towers in Franklin County

6 different registrants own the 11 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 Franklin County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 260 feet, 20 feet taller than the Nebraska median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a tower near Bloomington at 350 feet, built in 2007. More than in any other decade, 36% were built in the 2000s.

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

Structures in Franklin 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
1258739	Tower	350 ft	2007	Bloomington	Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC.
1324307	Guyed tower	334 ft	2023	Macon	Industrial Tower West LLC
1252491	Guyed tower	320 ft	2006	Franklin	Franklin, County of
1064353	Guyed tower	312 ft	1992	Franklin	SBA Steel LLC
1265122	Guyed tower	310 ft	2009	Franklin	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1273748	Lattice tower	260 ft	2010	Campbell	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1258740	Tower	200 ft	2007	Riverton	Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC.
1282570	Tower	200 ft	2012	Campbell	Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC
1282637	Tower	200 ft	2012	Upland	Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC
1304476	Lattice tower	155 ft	2019	Franklin	Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC
1311566	Monopole	150 ft	2021	Hildreth	Industrial Tower West LLC

If you have a tower lease in Franklin 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 Nebraska with similar tower counts: Hitchcock County (12), Colfax County (11), Dundy County (11), Gosper County (11), Polk County (10).

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.