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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001171843-23-001071
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8 POS
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230221
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20230221
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20230221

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SHENANDOAH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO/VA/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000354963
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS (NO RADIO TELEPHONE) [4813]
		IRS NUMBER:				541162807
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			VA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8 POS
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-127342
		FILM NUMBER:		23649449

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PO BOX 459
		STREET 2:		124 SOUTH MAIN ST
		CITY:			EDINBURG
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			22824
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5409844141

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 459
		CITY:			EDINBURG
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			22824
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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 21, 2023</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Registration No. 333-127342</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>



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<P STYLE="margin: 0pt 0; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><B>POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 18pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>FORM S-8</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>UNDER</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></P>

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<P STYLE="margin: 0pt 0; font-size: 24pt; text-align: center"><B>SHENANDOAH TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 49%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>54-1162807</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Identification No.)</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>500 Shentel Way</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Edinburg, VA</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>22824</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin: 0pt 0; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><B>2005 Shenandoah Telecommunications Company</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Derek C. Rieger</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Vice President &ndash; Legal, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>500 Shentel Way</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Edinburg, VA 22824</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>(Name and address of agent for service)</B></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0"><B>(540) 984-4141</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt 0">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,
a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated
filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;smaller reporting company&rdquo; and &ldquo;emerging growth company&rdquo; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 71%; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Accelerated filer &#9744;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Non-accelerated filer &#9744;</FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white">Emerging growth company &#9744;</P>

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<P STYLE="margin: 0pt 0; font-size: 10pt; background-color: white">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant
has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant
to&nbsp;Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. &#9744;</P>

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<P STYLE="margin: 0pt 0; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in">This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 relates to the Registration Statement
on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333- 127342) filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 9, 2005, pertaining
to the registration of 480,000 shares of the Registrant&rsquo;s common stock, no par value per share, issuable under the 2005 Shenandoah
Telecommunications Company Stock Incentive Plan (the &ldquo;Plan&rdquo;). The Registrant is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1
to deregister all securities that have not been sold or otherwise issued under the Plan</P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: center; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"> <B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and that
it has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the Town of Edinburg, Commonwealth of Virginia, on February 21, 2023.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-variant: small-caps">/s/ Christopher E. French</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Name: Christopher E. French</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Title: President and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0pt 0">Pursuant to Rule 478 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, no other
person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1.</P>

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