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| þ | QUARTERLY      REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THESECURITIES |
|--------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   | EXCHANGE      ACT OF 1934                                              |
|   | For      the quarterly period ended March 31,2009                      |

| ¨ | TRANSITION      REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF      1934            |
|--------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   | For      the transition period      from     to      . |

|   | Commission      filenumber   0-13721 |
|--------|-----------------------------------------------------|

|   | HICKORY      TECH CORPORATION |
|--------|-------------------------------|

|   | (Exact      name of registrant as specified in itscharter) |
|--------|------------------------------------------------------------|

| Minnesota                            | 41-1524393               |
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------|
| (State      or other jurisdiction of | (I.R.S.      Employer    |
| incorporation      or organization)  | Identification      No.) |

|   | 221      East Hickory Street |
|--------|------------------------------|

|   | Mankato,      Minnesota  56002-3248 |
|--------|-----------------------------------------------|

|   | (Address      of principal executive offices and zipcode) |
|--------|-----------------------------------------------------------|

|   | (800)      326-5789 |
|--------|---------------------|

|   | (Registrant’s      telephone number, including areacode) |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

|   | PART      I |
|--------|-------------|

| Item      1  | Financial Statements                                                                                       |  3 |
|--------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|
|         | Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited) for the      Three Months Ended March 31, 2009 and 2008  |  3 |
|         | Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited) as of March 31, 2009      and December 31, 2008                    |  4 |
|         | Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited) for the Three      Months Ended March 31, 2009 and 2008  |  5 |
|         | Condensed Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements      (unaudited)                                      |  6 |
| Item      2  | Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition      and Results of Operations           | 14      |
| Item      3  | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market      Risk                                            | 24      |
| Item      4  | Controls and Procedures                                                                                         | 24      |
|         |  PART II                                                                                              |    |
| Item      1  | Legal Proceedings                                                                                          | 25      |
| Item      1A | Risk Factors                                                                                               | 25      |
| Item      2  | Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of      Proceeds                                           | 25      |
| Item      3  | Defaults Upon Senior Securities                                                                            | 25      |
| Item      4  | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security      Holders                                                   | 25      |
| Item      5  | Other Information                                                                                          | 25      |
| Item      6  | Exhibit Listing                                                                                            | 25      |
|         | Signatures                                                                                                 | 26      |
|         | Exhibits                                                                                                        |    |

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Item 1.  Financial Statements

| HICKORY      TECH CORPORATION                                                                   |   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
| CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS                                                           |   |
| (Unaudited)                                                                                     |   |
|                                                                                            |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|                                                                                            |   | Three      Months Ended |   |
|                                                                                            |   | March      31 |   |
| (Dollars      in thousands, except share and per share amounts)                                 |   | 2009 |   |   | 2008 |   |
| Operating      Revenue:                                                                         |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Telecom      Sector                                                                             |   | $ | 17,672 |   |   | $ | 18,294 |   |
| Enventis      Sector                                                                            |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|    Equipment                                                                     |   |   | 6,791 |   |   |   | 10,168 |   |
|         Services                                                                      |   |   | 8,998 |   |   |   | 7,438 |   |
|    Total      Enventis Sector                                                    |   |   | 15,789 |   |   |   | 17,606 |   |
| Total      operating revenue                                                                    |   |   | 33,461 |   |   |   | 35,900 |   |
|                                                                                            |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Costs      and expenses:                                                                        |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Cost      of sales, equipment, excluding                                                        |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|    depreciation      and amortization                                            |   |   | 5,999 |   |   |   | 8,697 |   |
| Cost      of services, excluding                                                                |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|    depreciation      and amortization                                            |   |   | 12,465 |   |   |   | 11,690 |   |
| Selling,      general and administrative expenses                                               |   |   | 5,156 |   |   |   | 5,686 |   |
| Depreciation                                                                               |   |   | 5,069 |   |   |   | 4,669 |   |
| Amortization      of intangibles                                                                |   |   | 214 |   |   |   | 289 |   |
| Total      costs and expenses                                                                   |   |   | 28,903 |   |   |   | 31,031 |   |
|                                                                                            |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Operating      income                                                                           |   |   | 4,558 |   |   |   | 4,869 |   |
|                                                                                            |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Other      income and expense:                                                                  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Interest      and other income                                                                  |   |   | 9 |   |   |   | 27 |   |
| Interest      expense                                                                           |   |   | (1,708 | ) |   |   | (1,697 | ) |
|     Total other      (expense)                                              |   |   |  (1,699 | )  |   |   | (1,670 | ) |
|                                                                                            |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Income      before income taxes                                                                 |   |   | 2,859 |   |   |   | 3,199 |   |
| Income      tax provision                                                                       |   |   | 1,233 |   |   |   | 1,418 |   |
|                                                                                            |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Net      income                                                                                 |   | $ | 1,626 |   |   | $ | 1,781 |   |
|                                                                                            |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|                                                                                            |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Basic      earnings per share                                                                   |   | $ | 0.12 |   |   | $ | 0.13 |   |
|                                                                                            |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Weighted      average common shares outstanding                                                 |   |   | 13,018,602 |   |   |   | 13,301,409 |   |
|                                                                                            |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|                                                                                            |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Diluted      earnings per share                                                                 |   | $ | 0.12 |   |   | $ | 0.13 |   |
|                                                                                            |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Weighted      average common and equivalent shares outstanding                                  |   |   | 13,019,248 |   |   |   | 13,306,910 |   |
|                                                                                            |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Dividends      per share                                                                        |   | $ | 0.13 |   |   | $ | 0.12 |   |
|                                                                                            |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| The      accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial      statements. |   |

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| HICKORY      TECH CORPORATION |
|-------------------------------|
| CONSOLIDATED BALANCESHEETS    |

|                                                                                                                                |   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
| (Dollars in thousands, except share and per      share amounts)                                                                     |   | March      31, 2009 |   |   | December      31, 2008 |   |
| ASSETS                                                                                                                              |   |
| Current      assets:                                                                                                                |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|         Cash      and cash equivalents                                                      |   | $ | 6,565 |   |   | $ | 1,626 |   |
|         Receivables,      net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $813 and      $905 |   |   | 16,375 |   |   |   | 26,292 |   |
|         Inventories                                                                         |   |   | 5,786 |   |   |   | 8,674 |   |
|         Income      tax receivable                                                          |   |   | - |   |   |   | 566 |   |
|         Deferred      income taxes                                                          |   |   | 2,064 |   |   |   | 2,064 |   |
|         Prepaid      expenses                                                               |   |   | 2,230 |   |   |   | 1,409 |   |
|         Other                                                                               |   |   | 669 |   |   |   | 1,114 |   |
|             Total      current assets                                   |   |   | 33,689 |   |   |   | 41,745 |   |
|                                                                                                                                |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Investments                                                                                                                         |   |   | 4,306 |   |   |   | 4,066 |   |
|                                                                                                                                |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Property,      plant and equipment                                                                                                  |   |   | 340,187 |   |   |   | 338,510 |   |
|         Accumulated      depreciation                                                       |   |   | (191,001 | ) |   |   | (187,157 | ) |
|             Property,      plant and equipment, net                     |   |   | 149,186 |   |   |   | 151,353 |   |
|                                                                                                                                |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Other      assets:                                                                                                                  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|        Goodwill                                                                                  |   |   | 25,239 |   |   |   | 25,239 |   |
|        Intangible      assets, net                                                               |   |   | 642 |   |   |   | 856 |   |
|        Deferred      costs and other                                                             |   |   | 2,128 |   |   |   | 2,249 |   |
|            Total      other assets                                           |   |   | 28,009 |   |   |   | 28,344 |   |
|                                                                                                                                |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Total      assets                                                                                                                   |   | $ | 215,190 |   |   | $ | 225,508 |   |
|                                                                                                                                |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| LIABILITIES      AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY                                                                                           |   |
| Current      liabilities:                                                                                                           |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|        Extended      term payable                                                                |   | $ | 4,768 |   |   | $ | 10,474 |   |
|        Accounts      payable                                                                     |   |   | 2,307 |   |   |   | 3,133 |   |
|        Accrued      expenses and other                                                           |   |   | 6,004 |   |   |   | 8,001 |   |
|        Accrued      income taxes                                                                 |   |   | 309 |   |   |   | - |   |
|        Deferred      revenue                                                                     |   |   | 5,368 |   |   |   | 6,205 |   |
|        Current      maturities of long-term obligations                                          |   |   | 1,671 |   |   |   | 1,621 |   |
|            Total      current liabilities                                    |   |   | 20,427 |   |   |   | 29,434 |   |
|                                                                                                                                |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Long-term      liabilities:                                                                                                         |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|        Debt      obligations, net of current maturities                                          |   |   | 123,918 |   |   |   | 125,384 |   |
|        Financial      derivative instruments                                                     |   |   | 2,801 |   |   |   | 3,286 |   |
|        Accrued      income taxes                                                                 |   |   | 7,578 |   |   |   | 7,517 |   |
|        Deferred      income taxes                                                                |   |   | 18,489 |   |   |   | 18,282 |   |
|        Deferred      revenue                                                                     |   |   | 1,500 |   |   |   | 1,646 |   |
|        Accrued      employee benefits and deferred compensation                                  |   |   | 10,286 |   |   |   | 10,210 |   |
|            Total      long-term liabilities                                  |   |   | 164,572 |   |   |   | 166,325 |   |
|                                                                                                                                |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|                 Total      liabilities              |   |   | 184,999 |   |   |   | 195,759 |   |
|                                                                                                                                |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Commitments      and contingencies                                                                                                  |   |   | - |   |   |   | - |   |
|                                                                                                                                |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Shareholders'      equity:                                                                                                          |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|        Common      stock, no par value, $.10 stated value                                        |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|            shares      authorized: 100,000                                   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|    Shares      issued and outstanding: 13,041,280 in 2009 and 12,992,376 in      2008                           |   |   | 1,304 |   |   |   | 1,299 |   |
|        Additional      paid-in capital                                                           |   |   | 11,692 |   |   |   | 11,504 |   |
|        Retained      earnings                                                                    |   |   | 20,135 |   |   |   | 20,199 |   |
|        Accumulated      other comprehensive (loss)                                               |   |   | (2,940 | ) |   |   | (3,253 | ) |
|               Total      shareholders' equity                 |   |   | 30,191 |   |   |   | 29,749 |   |
|                                                                                                                                |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Total      liabilities and shareholders' equity                                                                                     |   | $ | 215,190 |   |   | $ | 225,508 |   |

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| HICKORY      TECH CORPORATION                                                                   |   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
| CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS                                                           |   |
| (Unaudited)                                                                                     |   |
|                                                                                            |   |   |   |
|                                                                                            |   | Three      Months Ended |   |
|                                                                                            |   | March      31 |   |
| (Dollars      in thousands)                                                                     |   | 2009 |   |   | 2008 |   |
| OPERATING      ACTIVITIES:                                                                      |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Net      income                                                                                 |   | $ | 1,626 |   |   | $ | 1,781 |   |
| Adjustments      to reconcile net income to net                                                 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|   cash      provided by operating activities:                                         |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|     Depreciation      and amortization                                      |   |   | 5,283 |   |   |   | 4,958 |   |
|     Amortization      of gain on sale of financial derivative instrument    |   |   | - |   |   |   | (332 | ) |
|     Accrued      patronage refunds                                          |   |   | (149 | ) |   |   | (161 | ) |
|     Other                                                                   |   |   | 134 |   |   |   | 65 |   |
|     Changes      in operating assets and liabilities                        |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|         Receivables                                     |   |   | 9,984 |   |   |   | 7,032 |   |
|         Prepaids                                        |   |   | (821 | ) |   |   | (276 | ) |
|         Inventories                                     |   |   | 2,888 |   |   |   | (695 | ) |
|         Accounts      payable and accrued expenses      |   |   | (2,846 | ) |   |   | (2,772 | ) |
|         Deferred      revenue, billings and deposits    |   |   | (983 | ) |   |   | (111 | ) |
|         Income      taxes                               |   |   | 936 |   |   |   | 1,376 |   |
|         Other                                           |   |   | 478 |   |   |   | 481 |   |
| Net      cash provided by operating activities                                                  |   |   | 16,530 |   |   |   | 11,346 |   |
|                                                                                            |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| INVESTING      ACTIVITIES:                                                                      |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Additions      to property, plant and equipment                                                 |   |   | (2,636 | ) |   |   | (3,413 | ) |
| Net      cash (used in) investing activities                                                    |   |   | (2,636 | ) |   |   | (3,413 | ) |
|                                                                                            |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| FINANCING      ACTIVITIES:                                                                      |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Net      change in extended term payables arrangement                                           |   |   | (5,706 | ) |   |   | (6,938 | ) |
| Borrowings      on credit facility                                                              |   |   | - |   |   |   | 8,500 |   |
| Payments      on credit facility and capital lease obligations                                  |   |   | (1,626 | ) |   |   | (6,638 | ) |
| Proceeds      from issuance of common stock                                                     |   |   | 67 |   |   |   | 59 |   |
| Dividends      paid                                                                             |   |   | (1,690 | ) |   |   | (1,595 | ) |
| Net      cash (used in) financing activities                                                    |   |   | (8,955 | ) |   |   | (6,612 | ) |
|                                                                                            |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Net      increase in cash and cash equivalents                                                  |   |   | 4,939 |   |   |   | 1,321 |   |
| Cash      and cash equivalents at beginning of the period                                       |   |   | 1,626 |   |   |   | 171 |   |
| Cash      and cash equivalents at the end of the period                                         |   | $ | 6,565 |   |   | $ | 1,492 |   |
|                                                                                            |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Supplemental      disclosure of cash flow information:                                          |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|     Cash      paid for interest                                             |   | $ | 1,783 |   |   | $ | 2,107 |   |
|     Net      cash paid for income taxes                                     |   | $ | 298 |   |   | $ | 42 |   |
| Non-cash      investing and financing activities:                                               |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|     Property, plant      and equipment acquired with capital leases         |   | $ | 210 |   |   | $ | 182 |   |
|     Change      in other comprehensive income from financial derivative     |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|     and      post-retirement benefits                                       |   | $ | 313 |   |   | $ | (1,311 | ) |
| The      accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial      statements. |   |

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Item 1.   Condensed Notes to Consolidated FinancialStatements (Unaudited)

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|                                                                     |   | Three      Months Ended |       |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|-------------------------|------------|
|                                                                     |   | March      31           |       |
| (Dollars      in thousands, except share and earnings per share amounts) |   | 2009                    |       |   | 2008 |   |
|                                                                     |   |                    |       |   |   |   |
| Net      Income                                                          |   | $                       | 1,626      |   |   | $ | 1,781 |   |
|                                                                     |   |                    |       |   |   |   |   |   |
| Weighted      average shares outstanding                                 |   |                    | 13,018,602 |   |   |   | 13,301,409 |   |
| Stock      options (dilutive only)                                       |   |                    | -          |   |   |   | 3,848 |   |
| Stock      subscribed (ESPP)                                             |   |                    | 646        |   |   |   | 1,653 |   |
| Total      dilutive shares outstanding                                   |   |                    | 13,019,248 |   |   |   | 13,306,910 |   |
|                                                                     |   |                    |       |   |   |   |   |   |
| Earnings      per share:                                                 |   |                    |       |   |   |   |   |   |
|     Basic                                            |   | $                       | 0.12       |   |   | $ | 0.13 |   |
|     Diluted                                          |   | $                       | 0.12       |   |   | $ | 0.13 |   |

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| Shares      outstanding on record date |   | 2009   |       |   | 2008   |   |
|----------------------------------------|--------|--------|------------|--------|--------|--------|
| First      quarter (Feb. 15)           |   |   | 13,000,953 |   |   |   | 13,292,419 |   |

|                                                           |   |               |   |   |               |    |   |           |   |    |                |   |   | Accumulated   |   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------------------|--------|--------|--------------------|---------|--------|----------------|--------|---------|---------------------|--------|--------|---------------|--------|
|                                                           |   | Unrecognized       |   |   | Unrecognized       |    |   | Unrecognized   |   |    | Unrealized          |   |   | Other         |   |
|                                                           |   | Net      Actuarial |   |   | Prior      Service |    |   | Transition     |   |    | Gain/(Loss)         |   |   | Comprehensive |   |
| (Dollars      in thousands)                                    |   | Loss      (1)      |   |   | Credit      (1)    |    |   | Asset      (1) |   |    | on      Derivatives |   |   | Income/(Loss) |   |
| December      31, 2008                                         |   | $                  | (1,375 | )      |               | $  | 246    |           |   | $  | (145                | )      |   | $        | (1,979 | ) |   | $  | (3,253 | ) |
| 2009      Activity                                             |   |               | 20     |   |               |    | (8     | )              |   |    | 9                   |   |   |          | 292    |   |   |   | 313 |   |
| March      31, 2009                                            |   | $                  | (1,355 | )      |               | $       | 238    |           |   | $       | (136                | )      |   | $             | (1,687 | ) |   | $ | (2,940 | ) |
|                                                           |   |               |   |   |               |    |   |           |   |    |                |   |   |          |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| (1) Amounts pertain to      our post-retirement benefit plans. |   |               |   |   |               |    |   |           |   |    |                |   |   |          |   |   |   |   |   |   |

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| (Dollars      in thousands)           |   |              |   | As      of March 31, 2009 |   |   | As      of December 31, 2008 |   |
|---------------------------------------|--------|-------------------|--------|---------------------------|--------|--------|------------------------------|--------|
|                                  |   |              |   | Gross      Carrying       |   |   | Accumulated                  |   |   | Gross      Carrying |   |   | Accumulated |   |
|                                  |   | Useful      Lives |   | Amount                    |   |   | Amortization                 |   |   | Amount |   |   | Amortization |   |
| Definite-Lived      Intangible Assets |   |              |   |                      |   |   |                         |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Customer      relationships           |   | 1 -      8 years  |   | $                         | 4,229  |   |                         | $      | 3,592 |   |   | $ | 4,229 |   |   | $ | 3,379 |   |
| Other      intangibles                |   | 1 -      5 years  |   |                      | 730    |   |                         |   | 725 |   |   |   | 730 |   |   |   | 724 |   |
| Total                                 |   |              |   | $                         | 4,959  |   |                         | $      | 4,317 |   |   | $ | 4,959 |   |   | $ | 4,103 |   |

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| (Dollars      in thousands)                    |   |    |    |   |     |   |   | Corporate      and |   |               |         |   |
|------------------------------------------------|--------|---------|---------|--------|----------|--------|--------|--------------------|--------|--------------------|--------------|--------|
| Three      Months Ended March 31, 2009         |   | Telecom |    |   | Enventis |   |   | Eliminations       |   |               | Consolidated |   |
| Revenue      from unaffiliated customers       |   | $       | 17,672  |   |     | $      | 15,789 |               |   | $                  | -            |   |   | $ | 33,461 |   |
| Intersegment      revenue                      |   |    | 243     |   |     |   | 141    |               |   |               | (384         | )      |   |   | - |   |
|    Total      operating revenue |   |    | 17,915  |   |     |   | 15,930 |               |   |               | (384         | )      |   |   | 33,461 |   |
|                                           |   |    |    |   |     |   |   |               |   |               |         |   |   |   |   |   |
| Depreciation      and amortization             |   |    | 4,120   |   |     |   | 1,149  |               |   |               | 14           |   |   |   | 5,283 |   |
| Operating      income                          |   |    | 3,385   |   |     |   | 1,155  |               |   |               | 18           |   |   |   | 4,558 |   |
| Interest      expense                          |   |    | 33      |   |     |   | -      |               |   |               | 1,675        |   |   |   | 1,708 |   |
| Income      taxes                              |   |    | 1,374   |   |     |   | 474    |               |   |               | (615         | )      |   |   | 1,233 |   |
| Income      (loss) from operations             |   |    | 1,978   |   |     |   | 681    |               |   |               | (1,033       | )      |   |   | 1,626 |   |
| Identifiable      assets                       |   |    | 144,972 |   |     |   | 57,296 |               |   |               | 12,922       |   |   |   | 215,190 |   |
| Property,      plant and equipment, net        |   |    | 110,084 |   |     |   | 38,826 |               |   |               | 276          |   |   |   | 149,186 |   |
| Capital      expenditures                      |   |    | 1,435   |   |     |   | 1,191  |               |   |               | 10           |   |   |   | 2,636 |   |
|                                           |   |    |    |   |     |   |   |               |   |               |         |   |   |   |   |   |
|                                           |   |    |    |   |     |   |   |               |   | Corporate      and |         |   |   |   |   |
| Three      Months Ended March 31, 2008         |   | Telecom |    |   | Enventis |   |   | Eliminations       |   |               | Consolidated |   |
| Revenue      from unaffiliated customers       |   | $       | 18,294  |   |     | $      | 17,606 |               |   | $                  | -            |   |   | $ | 35,900 |   |
| Intersegment      revenue                      |   |    | 130     |   |     |   | 138    |               |   |               | (268         | )      |   |   | - |   |
|    Total      operating revenue |   |    | 18,424  |   |     |   | 17,744 |               |   |               | (268         | )      |   |   | 35,900 |   |
|                                           |   |    |    |   |     |   |   |               |   |               |         |   |   |   |   |   |
| Depreciation      and amortization             |   |    | 3,926   |   |     |   | 1,020  |               |   |               | 12           |   |   |   | 4,958 |   |
| Operating      income (loss)                   |   |    | 3,547   |   |     |   | 1,421  |               |   |               | (99          | )      |   |   | 4,869 |   |
| Interest      expense                          |   |    | 23      |   |     |   | -      |               |   |               | 1,674        |   |   |   | 1,697 |   |
| Income      taxes                              |   |    | 1,456   |   |     |   | 587    |               |   |               | (625         | )      |   |   | 1,418 |   |
| Income      (loss) from operations             |   |    | 2,068   |   |     |   | 834    |               |   |               | (1,121       | )      |   |   | 1,781 |   |
| Identifiable      assets                       |   |    | 152,000 |   |     |   | 60,645 |               |   |               | 7,477        |   |   |   | 220,122 |   |
| Property,      plant and equipment, net        |   |    | 115,786 |   |     |   | 35,936 |               |   |               | 140          |   |   |   | 151,862 |   |
| Capital      expenditures                      |   |    | 2,420   |   |     |   | 993    |               |   |               | -            |   |   |   | 3,413 |   |

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|                                |   |   |    |   | Weighted      Average |   |
|-------------------------------------|--------|--------|---------|--------|-----------------------|--------|
|                                |   | Shares |    |   | Exercise      Price   |   |
| Outstanding      at January 1, 2009 |   |   | 471,200 |   |                  | $      | 12.79 |   |
|     Granted     |   |   | -       |   |                  |   | - |   |
|     Exercised   |   |   | -       |   |                  |   | - |   |
|     Forfeited   |   |   | -       |   |                  |   | - |   |
|     Expired     |   |   | (20,000 | )      |                  |   | 13.19 |   |
| Outstanding      at March 31, 2009  |   |   | 451,200 |   |                  | $      | 12.77 |   |
| Exercisable      at March 31, 2009  |   |   | 446,200 |   |                  | $      | 12.84 |   |

| Range      of        |   |   | Stock      Options |    |   | Weighted      Average |   |   | Weighted      Average Remaining |   |
|----------------------|--------|--------|--------------------|---------|--------|-----------------------|--------|--------|---------------------------------|--------|
| Exercise      Prices |   |   | Outstanding        |    |   | Exercise      Price   |   |   | Contractual      Life           |   |
| $6.00      - $8.00   |   |   |               | 15,000  |   |                  |   | $6.95  |                            |   |   | 7.42 |   |
| $8.00      - $12.00  |   |   |               | 177,200 |   |                  |   | 10.26  |                            |   |   | 4.16 |   |
| $12.00      - $16.00 |   |   |               | 205,250 |   |                  |   | 13.95  |                            |   |   | 2.05 |   |
| $16.00      - $21.00 |   |   |               | 53,750  |   |                  |   | 18.18  |                            |   |   | 1.97 |   |
|                 |   |   |               | 451,200 |   |                  |   | $12.77 |                            |   |   | 3.05 |   |

| Range    of          |   |   |  Stock      Options |    |   |  Weighted      Average |   |   |  Weighted      Average Remaining |   |
|----------------------|--------|--------|--------------------------|---------|--------|-----------------------------|--------|--------|---------------------------------------|--------|
| Exercise      Prices |   |   | Exercisable              |    |   | Exercise      Price         |   |   | Contractual      Life                 |   |
| $6.00      - $8.00   |   |   |                     | 10,000  |   |                        |   | $6.95  |                                  |   |   | 7.42 |   |
| $8.00      - $12.00  |   |   |                     | 177,200 |   |                        |   | 10.26  |                                  |   |   | 4.16 |   |
| $12.00      - $16.00 |   |   |                     | 205,250 |   |                        |   | 13.95  |                                  |   |   | 2.05 |   |
| $16.00      - $21.00 |   |   |                     | 53,750  |   |                        |   | 18.18  |                                  |   |   | 1.97 |   |
|                 |   |   |                     | 446,200 |   |                        |   | $12.84 |                                  |   |   | 3.00 |   |

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| Interest-Rate      Swap Agreement Effective Dates |   | Coverage      Amount |       |   | Rate   |   |
|---------------------------------------------------|--------|----------------------|------------|--------|--------|--------|
| March      2007 - March 2010                      |   | $                    | 60,000,000 |   |   |   | 4.89 | % |
| March      2008 - February 2010                   |   | $                    | 40,000,000 |   |   |   | 2.54 | % |
| March      2010 - September 2011                  |   | $                    | 80,000,000 |   |   |   | 2.15 | % |

| (Dollars      in thousands)          | Gain/(Loss)      Reported | Location      of Gain/Proceeds     | Amount      of Gain/Proceeds |                  |
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------|
|                                 | in      Accumulated Other | Reclassified      from Accumulated | Recognized      in           |                  |
| Derivatives      in Statement 133    | Comprehensive      Loss   | Other      Comprehensive Income    | Income      on Derivative    |                  |
| Cash      Flow Hedging Relationships | 2009                      |                               | 2008                         | into      Income      | 2009 |   | 2008 |   |
|                                 |                      |                               |                         |                  |   |   |   |   |
| Interest      Rate Contracts         |  $292                |                               |  $(1,324)               | Interest      Expense |  $- |   |  $332 |   |

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|                                                              |   | Three      Months Ended |   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|-------------------------|--------|
|                                                              |   | March      31           |   |
| (Dollars      in thousands)                                       |   | 2009                    |   |   | 2008 |   |
| Components      of net periodic benefit cost                      |   |                    |   |   |   |   |
| Service      cost                                                 |   | $                       | 77     |   |   | $ | 63 |   |
| Interest      cost                                                |   |                    | 137    |   |   |   | 122 |   |
| Amortization      of transition obligation                        |   |                    | 15     |   |   |   | 15 |   |
| Amortization      of prior service cost                           |   |                    | (14    | ) |   |   | (14 | ) |
| Recognized      net actuarial loss                                |   |                    | 33     |   |   |   | 20 |   |
| Net      periodic benefit cost                                    |   | $                       | 248    |   |   | $ | 206 |   |
|                                                              |   |                    |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Employer's      contributions for current premiums:               |   |                    |   |   |   | March      31, 2009 |   |
| Contributions      made for the three months ended March 31, 2009 |   |                    |   |   |   | $ | 68 |   |
| Expected      contributions for remainder of 2009                 |   |                    |   |   |   |   | 209 |   |
| Total      estimated employer contributions for fiscal year 2009  |   |                    |   |   |   | $ | 277 |   |

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Item 2.  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of FinancialCondition and Results of Operations

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| TELECOM SECTOR                                         |   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
|                                                        |   | Three      Months Ended |   |
|                                                        |   | March      31 |   |
| (Dollars      in thousands)                                 |   | 2009 |   |   | 2008 |   |
| Revenue      before intersegment eliminations               |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|                                                        |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Revenue                                                     |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|     Local      Service                  |   | $ | 3,877 |   |   | $ | 4,131 |   |
|     Network      Access                 |   |   | 6,210 |   |   |   | 6,825 |   |
|     Long      Distance                  |   |   | 1,031 |   |   |   | 1,190 |   |
|     Data                                |   |   | 1,876 |   |   |   | 1,848 |   |
|     Internet                            |   |   | 1,254 |   |   |   | 1,078 |   |
|     Digital      TV                     |   |   | 1,008 |   |   |   | 744 |   |
|     Directory                           |   |   | 1,077 |   |   |   | 1,000 |   |
|     Bill      Processing                |   |   | 669 |   |   |   | 594 |   |
|     Intersegment                        |   |   | 243 |   |   |   | 130 |   |
|     Other                               |   |   | 670 |   |   |   | 884 |   |
| Total      Telecom Revenue                                  |   | $ | 17,915 |   |   | $ | 18,424 |   |
|                                                        |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Total      Telecom revenue before intersegment eliminations |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|    Unaffiliated      customers               |   | $ | 17,672 |   |   | $ | 18,294 |   |
|    Intersegment                              |   |   | 243 |   |   |   | 130 |   |
|                                                        |   |   | 17,915 |   |   |   | 18,424 |   |
| Cost      of services (excluding depreciation and           |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|  amortization)                                         |   |   | 7,576 |   |   |   | 7,647 |   |
| Selling,      general and administrative expenses           |   |   | 2,834 |   |   |   | 3,304 |   |
| Depreciation      and amortization                          |   |   | 4,120 |   |   |   | 3,926 |   |
| Operating      Income                                       |   | $ | 3,385 |   |   | $ | 3,547 |   |
|                                                        |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Net      income                                             |   | $ | 1,978 |   |   | $ | 2,068 |   |
|                                                        |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Capital      expenditures                                   |   | $ | 1,435 |   |   | $ | 2,420 |   |
|                                                        |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Key metrics                                                 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|     Business      access lines          |   |   | 25,189 |   |   |   | 27,318 |   |
|     Residential      access lines       |   |   | 32,966 |   |   |   | 36,713 |   |
| Total      access lines                                     |   |   | 58,155 |   |   |   | 64,031 |   |
| Long      distance customers                                |   |   | 37,990 |   |   |   | 40,837 |   |
| Digital      Subscriber Line customers                      |   |   | 18,924 |   |   |   | 18,003 |   |
| Digital      TV customers                                   |   |   | 8,464 |   |   |   | 7,107 |   |

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| ENVENTIS      SECTOR                                         |   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
|                                                         |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|                                                         |   | Three      Months Ended |   |
|                                                         |   | March      31 |   |
| (Dollars      in thousands)                                  |   | 2009 |   |   | 2008 |   |
| Revenue      before intersegment eliminations                |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|                                                         |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Revenue                                                      |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| ENS      equipment                                           |   | $ | 6,791 |   |   | $ | 10,168 |   |
| ENS      services                                            |   |   | 2,341 |   |   |   | 2,065 |   |
| ETS      services                                            |   |   | 6,657 |   |   |   | 5,373 |   |
| Intersegment                                                 |   |   | 141 |   |   |   | 138 |   |
| Total      Enventis revenue                                  |   | $ | 15,930 |   |   | $ | 17,744 |   |
|                                                         |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Total      Enventis revenue before intersegment eliminations |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|    Unaffiliated      customers                |   | $ | 15,789 |   |   | $ | 17,606 |   |
|    Intersegment                               |   |   | 141 |   |   |   | 138 |   |
|                                                         |   |   | 15,930 |   |   |   | 17,744 |   |
|                                                         |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Cost      of sales, equipment                                |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|   (excluding      depreciation and amortization)   |   |   | 5,999 |   |   |   | 8,697 |   |
| Cost      of services                                        |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|   (excluding      depreciation and amortization)   |   |   | 5,238 |   |   |   | 4,279 |   |
| Selling,      general and administrative expenses            |   |   | 2,389 |   |   |   | 2,327 |   |
| Depreciation      and amortization                           |   |   | 1,149 |   |   |   | 1,020 |   |
|                                                         |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Operating      income                                        |   | $ | 1,155 |   |   | $ | 1,421 |   |
| Net      income                                              |   | $ | 681 |   |   | $ | 834 |   |
|                                                         |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Capital      expenditures                                    |   | $ | 1,191 |   |   | $ | 993 |   |

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| ENVENTIS      PRODUCT LINE REPORTING                       |   |
|------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
|                                                       |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|                                                       |   | Three      Months Ended March 31 |   |
|                                                       |   | Enterpise      Network Services (ENS) |   |   | Enventis      Transport Services (ETS) |   |
| (Dollars      in thousands)                                |   | 2009 |   |   | 2008 |   |   | 2009 |   |   | 2008 |   |
|                                                       |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Revenue      before intersegment eliminations:             |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Equipment                                                  |   | $ | 6,791 |   |   | $ | 10,168 |   |   | $ | - |   |   | $ | - |   |
| Service                                                    |   |   | 2,341 |   |   |   | 2,065 |   |   |   | 6,657 |   |   |   | 5,373 |   |
| Intersegment                                               |   |   | - |   |   |   | - |   |   |   | 141 |   |   |   | 138 |   |
| Total      Enventis revenue                                |   | $ | 9,132 |   |   | $ | 12,233 |   |   | $ | 6,798 |   |   | $ | 5,511 |   |
|                                                       |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|                                                       |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Cost      of sales, equipment                              |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|   (excluding      depreciation and amortization) |   |   | 5,998 |   |   |   | 8,692 |   |   |   | 1 |   |   |   | 5 |   |
| Cost      of services                                      |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|   (excluding      depreciation and amortization) |   |   | 1,952 |   |   |   | 1,832 |   |   |   | 3,286 |   |   |   | 2,447 |   |
| Selling,      general and administrative expenses          |   |   | 1,288 |   |   |   | 1,259 |   |   |   | 1,101 |   |   |   | 1,068 |   |
| Depreciation      and amortization                         |   |   | 82 |   |   |   | 121 |   |   |   | 1,067 |   |   |   | 899 |   |
| Operating      income                                      |   | $ | (188 | ) |   | $ | 329 |   |   | $ | 1,343 |   |   | $ | 1,092 |   |
| Net      income                                            |   | $ | (111 | ) |   | $ | 193 |   |   | $ | 792 |   |   | $ | 641 |   |
|                                                       |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
| Capital      expenditures                                  |   | $ | 143 |   |   | $ | 133 |   |   | $ | 1,048 |   |   | $ | 860 |   |

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|                                        |   | Three      Months Ended |   |
|---------------------------------------------|--------|-------------------------|--------|
| (Dollars      in thousands)                 |   | March      31           |   |
|                                        |   | 2009                    |   |   | 2008 |   |
| Net      cash provided by (used for):       |   |                    |   |   |   |   |
|    Operating      activities |   | $                       | 16,530 |   |   | $ | 11,346 |   |
|    Investing      activities |   |                    | (2,636 | ) |   |   | (3,413 | ) |
|    Financing      activities |   |                    | (8,955 | ) |   |   | (6,612 | ) |
| Increase      in cash and cash equivalents  |   | $                       | 4,939  |   |   | $ | 1,321 |   |

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about MarketRisk

| Interest-Rate      Swap Agreement Effective Dates |   | Coverage      Amount |       |   | Rate   |   |
|---------------------------------------------------|--------|----------------------|------------|--------|--------|--------|
| March      2007 - March 2010                      |   | $                    | 60,000,000 |   |   |   | 4.89 | % |
| March      2008 - February 2010                   |   | $                    | 40,000,000 |   |   |   | 2.54 | % |
| March      2010 - September 2011                  |   | $                    | 80,000,000 |   |   |   | 2.15 | % |

Item 4.  Controls and Procedures

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Part II  Other Information

Item 1.  Legal Proceedings

Item 1A.  Risk Factors.

Item 2.  Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use ofProceeds.

Item 3.  Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

Item 4.  Submission of Matters to a Vote ofSecurity Holders.

Item 5.  Other Information.

Item 6.  Exhibits Listing.

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Signatures

| HICKORY      TECH CORPORATION |
|-------------------------------|

| By:  /s/ John W. Finke                         |
|----------------------------------------------------------|
| John      W. Finke, President and Chief ExecutiveOfficer |

| By:  /s/ David A. Christensen                                           |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| David      A. Christensen, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial      Officer |

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