Nebraska / Morrill County

#37 of 93 NE counties · 20 structures

Cell towers in Morrill County, NE

The FCC registry lists 20 constructed antenna structures in Morrill County, 1% of Nebraska's 2,068. Ownership is spread across 14 registrants; the largest, American Tower, has 4 (20%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 5 between them.

Value a buyout offer

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  1. 1Constructed structures 20
  2. 2Tallest 1478 ft
  3. 3Largest owner American Tower
  4. 4Median height (state 240 ft) 302 ft
Structures
20
rank 37 of 93 in NE
Most common type
Tower
65% of structures
Over 200 feet
14
70% of structures
Peak build decade
2000s
45% built then

Who owns the towers in Morrill County

14 different registrants own the 20 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.

American Tower4Industrial Communications & 4BNSF Railway2Industrial Tower and Wireles2Eagle Communications, Inc.1NEBRASKA EDUCATIONAL TELECOM1Crown Castle1Union Pacific Railroad1
Constructed structures in Morrill County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 302 feet, 62 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 Angora at 1478 feet, built in 2003. More than in any other decade, 45% were built in the 2000s.

Tower13Guyed tower5Lattice tower1Mast1
Structures in Morrill County by type, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR.
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Structures in Morrill 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.TypeHeightBuiltCityOwner
1238064Tower1478 ft2003AngoraMarquee Broadcasting West, Inc.
1029931Tower1471 ft2009AngoraNEBRASKA EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION COMMISSION
1026972Guyed tower600 ft2022AllianceEagle Communications, Inc.
1244965Tower350 ft2004BonnerIndustrial Communications & Electronics, Inc.
1272381Tower350 ft2010ReddingtonIndustrial Tower and Wireless, LLC
1323652Guyed tower334 ft2023BridgeportIndustrial Tower West LLC
1049159Guyed tower321 ft1993AngoraBNSF Railway Co.
1025537Tower314 ft1993BridgeportAmerican Towers LLC
1208195Guyed tower306 ft2000NorthportUnited Telephone Company of the West
1032201Guyed tower305 ft1992OshkoshGlobal Tower, LLC. through American Towers, LLC
1046409Tower300 ft1993AngoraBNSF Railway Co.
1051391Tower300 ft1998NorthportTallgrass Operations, LLC
1046584Tower240 ft2012NorthportUNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
1026277Lattice tower219 ft2014AngoraAmerican Towers LLC
1242662Tower200 ft2004BridgeportIndustrial Communications & Electronics, Inc.
1243780Tower200 ft2004BayardIndustrial Communications & Electronics, Inc.
1246969Tower200 ft2005BroadwaterIndustrial Communications & Electronics, Inc.
1040588Tower197 ft1997AngoraPinnacle Towers LLC
1222207Mast196 ft2001AngoraAlltel Corporation
1232258Tower157 ft2000AngoraGlobal Tower, LLC. through American Towers, LLC

If you have a tower lease in Morrill 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: Cedar County (21), Dawes County (21), Box Butte County (20), Stanton County (20), Thayer County (20).

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.