The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The future site of Hume was most likely part of the Illinois Confederation in the Pre-Columbian period. White settlers of the 19th century in the area reported relationships with Kickapoo peoples.
In the early 19th century, the area of Illinois including the future site of the Village of Hume and the Young America Township was prairie and thus considered unsuitable for settlement or tillage. Land speculators bought local land from the government (known as "entering land") on the hope that it would become possible to cultivate it in the near future. Large herds of cattle often grazed on the open land during this period.
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Start Hume’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hume’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Hume, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Hume is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Hume has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Streibich Blacksmith Shop in Newman, 5.5 miles away.
Hume and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.