Nebraska / Merrick County
#42 of 93 NE counties · 19 structures
Cell towers in Merrick County, NE
The FCC registry lists 19 constructed antenna structures in Merrick County, 1% of Nebraska's 2,068. Industrial Tower and Wireless owns 6 of them (32%), 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.
- 1Constructed structures 19
- 2Tallest 416 ft
- 3Largest owner Industrial Tower and Wireless
- 4Median height (state 240 ft) 200 ft
Who owns the towers in Merrick County
9 different registrants own the 19 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.
Height and age
The median structure here stands 200 feet, 40 feet shorter than the Nebraska median, typical of denser areas where more, shorter sites fill in coverage. The tallest is a guyed tower near Central City at 416 feet, built in 2009. More than in any other decade, 47% were built in the 2010s.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1031499 | Guyed tower | 416 ft | 2009 | Central City | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1212992 | Other or unspecified | 398 ft | 2000 | Genoa | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1026374 | Guyed tower | 348 ft | 2015 | Central City | Private owner (name withheld) |
| 1026375 | Guyed tower | 348 ft | 2015 | Central City | Private owner (name withheld) |
| 1255580 | Lattice tower | 261 ft | 2006 | Central City | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1289137 | Lattice tower | 258 ft | 2014 | Chapman | Alltel Corporation |
| 1289543 | Lattice tower | 255 ft | 2014 | Clarks | Horvath Towers III, LLC |
| 1288820 | Lattice tower | 235 ft | 2014 | Chapman | Horvath Towers III, LLC |
| 1270145 | Tower | 200 ft | 2008 | Chapman | Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC |
| 1270726 | Tower | 200 ft | 2008 | Silver Creek | Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC |
| 1273104 | Tower | 200 ft | 2011 | Clarks | Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC |
| 1275795 | Tower | 200 ft | 2010 | Palmer | Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC |
| 1290983 | Lattice tower | 199 ft | 2014 | Silver Creek | Horvath Towers III, LLC |
| 1321557 | Lattice tower | 199 ft | 2022 | Worms | Industrial Tower West LLC |
| 1267986 | Lattice tower | 160 ft | 2009 | Grand Island | ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. |
| 1059027 | Monopole | 120 ft | 1999 | Marquette | American Towers LLC |
| 1294142 | Lattice tower | 110 ft | 2015 | Grand Island | Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC |
| 1321128 | Guyed tower | 103 ft | 2020 | Central City | Eagle Broadband Investments, LLC |
| 1235699 | Water tank | 100 ft | 2001 | Central City | Wireless II, LLC |
If you have a tower lease in Merrick 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: Thayer County (20), Fillmore County (19), Jefferson County (19), Knox County (18), Nemaha County (18).
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.