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Document and Entity Information (USD $)	6 Months Ended
Document and Entity Information (USD $)	Jun. 30, 2012	Jul. 27, 2012	Jun. 30, 2011
Document and Entity Information [Abstract]
Entity Registrant Name	HICKORY TECH CORP
Entity Central Index Key	0000766561
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	No
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Current Reporting Status	No
Entity Filer Category	Accelerated Filer
Entity Public Float			$ 145,264,767
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		13,494,399
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2012
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q2
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	true
Amendment Description	The amendment is a result of the restatement of our consolidated financial statements for the periods ended June 30, 2012 and 2011. We are restating our previously reported financial information for these periods to change our accounting for interest rate swaps. We utilize interest rate swap agreements to manage our exposure to interest rate fluctuations on a portion of our variable-interest rate debt. We account for our financial derivative instruments in accordance with FASB ASC 815 "Derivatives and Hedging" ("the Standard"). The Standard requires all derivative instruments (including certain derivative instruments embedded in other contracts) be recorded on the balance sheet as either an asset or liability measured at its fair value, and that changes in the derivatives' fair value be recognized currently in earnings unless specific hedge accounting criteria are met. We applied a method of cash flow hedge accounting under FASB ASC 815 to account for the interest rate swap agreements that allowed us to record changes in the instruments' fair value in other comprehensive income (the "cash flow" method). After discussing the matter with our former independent registered public accounting firm, we recently concluded that the interest rate swap agreements did not qualify as a "cash flow" hedge in prior periods because of insufficient contemporaneous documentation. Under FASB ASC 815, cash flow hedge accounting is not allowed retrospectively because the documentation required was not in place at the inception of the hedge as well as on an ongoing basis. Eliminating the application of cash flow hedge accounting reverses the fair value adjustments that were made in other comprehensive income and transfers the fair value adjustments to earnings.
Document Period End Date	Jun. 30, 2012