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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549



                                    FORM 8-K/A


                 CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

       Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 26, 2004
                                (October 1, 2004)

                        Commission File Number: 0-32617

                              Horizon Telcom, Inc.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                    Ohio                                 31-1449037
      (State or other jurisdiction of                 (I.R.S. Employer
      incorporation of organization)                 Identification No.)

               68 East Main Street, Chillicothe, Ohio 45601-0480
          (Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)

                                 (740) 772-8200
              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

                                      N/A
          (Former name of former address, if changed since last report)


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K/A filing is intended to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions:


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    (17 CFR 230.425)

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    (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

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    Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

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    Act (17 CFR 240.13a-4(c))

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Item 5.02-Departure of Directors or Principal  Officers;  Election of Directors;
Appointment of Principal Officers


On October 26, 2004, Horizon Telcom, Inc. ("Horizon") filed a report on Form 8-K
(the "Original Report").  This amended Form 8-K is being filed solely to correct
a typographical  error contained in the Original Report.  The third sentence set
forth under Item 5.02 of the Original  Report is hereby  amended and restated in
its entirety as follows:  "In response to Mr. Holland's  resignation,  Horizon's
board of  directors  appointed  Jack E.  Thompson  to  serve as Chief  Financial
Officer and Treasurer."


                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                                                           Horizon Telcom, Inc.

Dated: October 26, 2004                                    By: /s/ Thomas McKell
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                                                               Thomas McKell
                                                               President


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