Cell towers in Kearney County, NE

The FCC registry lists 31 constructed antenna structures in Kearney County, 1% of Nebraska's 2,068. Ownership is spread across 18 registrants; the largest, Industrial Tower and Wireless, has 5 (16%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 4 between them.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 31
2Tallest 1300 ft
3Largest owner Industrial Tower and Wireless
4Median height (state 240 ft) 255 ft

Structures

rank 17 of 93 in NE

Most common type

Tower

55% of structures

Over 200 feet

58% of structures

Peak build decade

2010s

39% built then

Who owns the towers in Kearney County

18 different registrants own the 31 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 Kearney County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 255 feet, 15 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 Minden at 1300 feet, built in 2003. More than in any other decade, 39% were built in the 2010s.

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

Structures in Kearney 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
1210415	Tower	1300 ft	2003	Minden	Heartwell Tower, LLC
1026197	Tower	1174 ft	1963	Lowell	KHGI Licensee, LLC
1041794	Tower	1071 ft	1979	Hartwell	Gray Local Media, Inc.
1259345	Tower	520 ft	2007	Axtell	KHGI Licensee, LLC
1278990	Guyed tower	410 ft	2011	Heartwell	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1032159	Tower	408 ft	1992	Axtell	Pinnacle Towers LLC
1027156	Tower	349 ft	2011	Heartwell	Tallgrass Operations, LLC
1026048	Tower	319 ft	1982	Axtell	PLATTE VALLEY TOWERS INC
1026695	Tower	319 ft	1982	Axtell	SOUTHERN PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT
1025835	Guyed tower	314 ft	1995	Minden	American Towers LLC
1060278	Tower	310 ft	2008	Minden	Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC
1038510	Guyed tower	303 ft	2022	Minden	NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT
1234661	Tower	265 ft	2002	Minden	Global Tower, LLC. through American Towers, LLC
1260069	Lattice tower	260 ft	2008	Axtell	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1291455	Lattice tower	260 ft	2014	Axtell	American Towers LLC
1290113	Lattice tower	255 ft	2014	Heartwell	Horvath Towers III, LLC
1061237	Guyed tower	240 ft	2017	Minden	BNSF Railway Co.
1205461	Tower	225 ft	1994	Minden	KEARNEY, COUNTY OF
1249891	Tower	200 ft	2005	Minden	Industrial Communications & Electronics, Inc.
1273995	Tower	200 ft	2010	Wilcox	Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC
1204740	Tower	199 ft	1999	Minden	PLATTE VALLEY COMMUNICATIONS
1291274	Lattice tower	199 ft	2014	Minden	Horvath Towers III, LLC
1263376	Monopole	155 ft	2008	Minden	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1312151	Lattice tower	155 ft	2023	Heartwell	Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC
1289106	Lattice tower	148 ft	2014	Minden	Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC
1282560	Tower	120 ft	2012	Axtell	Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC
1205452	Tower	110 ft	1992	Minden	KEARNEY, COUNTY OF
1277312	Monopole	50 ft	2012	Minden	BNSF Railway Company
1277314	Tower	50 ft	2011	Minden	BNSF Railway Co.
1294000	Monopole	50 ft	2009	Minden	BNSF Railway Company
1300717	Monopole	50 ft	2011	Minden	BNSF Railway Company

If you have a tower lease in Kearney 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: Adams County (35), Keith County (34), Cheyenne County (32), Madison County (30), Seward County (30).

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.