Cell towers in Polk County, NE

The FCC registry lists 10 constructed antenna structures in Polk County, 0% of Nebraska's 2,068. Industrial Tower and Wireless owns 4 of them (40%), so a landowner here with a tower lease is more likely than not dealing with one company. None belongs to American Tower, Crown Castle or SBA.

Value a buyout offer

1Constructed structures 10
2Tallest 615 ft
3Largest owner Industrial Tower and Wireless
4Median height (state 240 ft) 334 ft

Structures

rank 74 of 93 in NE

Most common type

Guyed tower

60% of structures

Over 200 feet

70% of structures

Peak build decade

2000s

30% built then

Who owns the towers in Polk County

6 different registrants own the 10 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 Polk County by owner group, bars to scale. Source: FCC ASR, October 2026.

Height and age

The median structure here stands 334 feet, 94 feet taller than the Nebraska median — a sign of broadcast and rural coverage towers rather than short suburban sites. The tallest is a guyed tower near Shelby at 615 feet, built in 2024. More than in any other decade, 30% were built in the 2000s.

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

Structures in Polk 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
1327798	Guyed tower	615 ft	2024	Shelby	Vertical Bridge NTCF, LLC
1011411	Guyed tower	396 ft	2007	Shelby	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1045394	Guyed tower	396 ft	1998	Stromsburg	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
1267560	Tower	350 ft	2009	Shelby	Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC
1218982	Guyed tower	348 ft	2001	Osceola	Alltel Corporation
1026112	Guyed tower	319 ft	1994	Polk	Alltel Corporation
1038517	Guyed tower	295 ft	2016	Osceola	NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT
1282620	Other or unspecified	200 ft	2015	Stromsburg	Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC
1299276	Lattice tower	170 ft	2018	Osceola	Industrial Tower and Wireless, LLC
1322176	Lattice tower	157 ft	2022	Polk	Industrial Tower West LLC

If you have a tower lease in Polk 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: Dundy County (11), Franklin County (11), Gosper County (11), Sioux County (10), Thomas 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.