Cell towers in Merkel, Texas
The FCC register lists 9 antenna structures in and around Merkel. That is the 402nd highest count of any place in Texas.
Overview
The FCC register lists 9 antenna structures in and around Merkel, TX. That is the 402nd highest count of any place in Texas.
Density works out to 3.22 registered structures per square mile of land area.
Heights are uneven: the median is 100 m (328 ft) but the tallest is 326 m (1,069 ft), roughly 3.3 times that — usually the signature of a broadcast mast among shorter mobile sites.
The mix here is 2 lattice towers, 2 guyed masts — the rest of the register is made up of rooftops, water tanks and structures the FCC records without a specific type.
The most recent registration on file here dates from 2024.
Structure types
| Tower | 5 | 56% |
| Lattice tower | 2 | 22% |
| Guyed tower | 2 | 22% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| American Towers LLC Tower company | 3 | 33% |
| Abilene-sweetwater Broadcasting Company Dba = Ktxs-tv Broadcaster | 1 | 11% |
| Lone Star Ngl LLC Other | 1 | 11% |
| American Family Association Other | 1 | 11% |
| Vb Nimbus, LLC Tower company | 1 | 11% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 326 m (1,069 ft) | Tower | 1968 | Abilene-sweetwater Broadcasting Company Dba = Ktxs-tv | 613383 |
| 143 m (470 ft) | Guyed tower | 1985 | American Towers LLC | 105727 |
| 133 m (436 ft) | Guyed tower | 1983 | Vb Nimbus, LLC | 613527 |
| 109 m (358 ft) | Tower | 1992 | American Towers LLC | 610107 |
| 100 m (328 ft) | Tower | 2009 | American Family Association | 2667098 |
| 88 m (289 ft) | Lattice tower | 2024 | Tillman Infrastructure, LLC | 2725233 |
| 85 m (280 ft) | Tower | 1995 | Lone Star Ngl LLC | 613298 |
| 83 m (271 ft) | Tower | 2002 | American Towers LLC | 2630631 |
| 80 m (262 ft) | Lattice tower | 2018 | Vb-s1 Assets, LLC | 2702714 |
When they were registered
| 1960s | 1 | 11% |
| 1980s | 2 | 22% |
| 1990s | 2 | 22% |
| 2000s | 2 | 22% |
| 2010s | 1 | 11% |
| 2020s | 1 | 11% |
Nearby places
- Abilene 73
- Sweetwater 19
- Lawn 5
- Roby 6
- Clyde 10
About this data
Source is the FCC Antenna Structure Registration file of 2026-08-23. What it records is structures, not the radios mounted on them: the register cannot tell you which carrier operates from a given site.
The FCC Antenna Structure Registration database covers structures that require registration — generally those over 200 feet or near airports. Many small cells, rooftop antennas and short towers are not registered and will not appear here.
"Owner" is the entity that registered the structure, usually a tower company such as American Tower or Crown Castle. It does not indicate which carriers operate equipment on the structure.