Cell towers in Hitchcock County, NE

The FCC registry lists 12 constructed antenna structures in Hitchcock County, 1% of Nebraska's 2,068. Ownership is spread across 11 registrants; the largest, Alltel, has 2 (17%). None belongs to American Tower, Crown Castle or SBA.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 12
2Tallest 502 ft
3Largest owner Alltel
4Median height (state 240 ft) 219 ft

Structures

rank 69 of 93 in NE

Most common type

Tower

67% of structures

Over 200 feet

50% of structures

Peak build decade

2000s

42% built then

Who owns the towers in Hitchcock County

11 different registrants own the 12 structures. One is registered to an individual or family trust, whose name 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 Hitchcock County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 219 feet, 21 feet shorter than the Nebraska median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a tower near Culbertson at 502 feet, built in 1995. More than in any other decade, 42% were built in the 2000s.

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

Structures in Hitchcock 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
1004103	Tower	502 ft	1995	Culbertson	GI Family Radio Entertainment, L.L.C.
1272939	Other or unspecified	498 ft	2010	Culbertson	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1245046	Tower	307 ft	2004	Trenton	Alltel Corporation
1027242	Tower	299 ft	1997	Culbertson	Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission
1061243	Guyed tower	280 ft	1988	Culbertson	BNSF Railway Co.
1311029	Lattice tower	238 ft	2023	Culbertson	Alltel Communications of Nebraska, LLC
1251530	Tower	200 ft	2006	Palisade	Industrial Communications & Electronics, Inc.
1252933	Tower	200 ft	2006	Culbertson	Industrial Communications & Electronics, Inc.
1259050	Tower	200 ft	2007	Stratton	Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC.
1220761	Tower	198 ft	2001	Trenton	Hitchcock, County of, Sheriffs office
1316688	Guyed tower	180 ft	1981	Culbertson	Private owner (name withheld)
1282634	Tower	150 ft	2014	Trenton	Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC

If you have a tower lease in Hitchcock 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: Webster County (13), Clay County (12), Garden County (12), Colfax County (11), Dundy County (11).

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.