Hume is a village in Shiloh and Young America townships, Edgar County, Illinois, United States.

[3] 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.

He also made an agreement with the railroad company to build a station for Hume, in exchange for lots of land in the new village.

George W. Foreman laid out the village of Hume in early November 1873 for those four men.

The following persons built homes or businesses in Hume during the 1870s: A census taken in 1879 gave a population of 270 residents, thirty short of the number required by Illinois state law to incorporate as a town.

The improved drainage of prairie for farms encouraged the growth of Hume in the late 19th century.

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Hume has a total area of 0.57 square miles (1.48 km2), all land.

A township high school was organized in 1913, after a referendum held March 8, 1913, to form District 148, covering 20,160 acres (82 km2) within Edgar County.

In 1947, the consolidated school of Hume was formed, including the former Hume area schools of Baum, Dodd, Maple Grove, Bane, Gilkey, Melwood, Wyatt, and Palermo.

The voters decided on July 1, 1947, to form a Community Unit District including Hume, Metcalf and Brocton.

Until 1875, Christians in Hume traveled to Chrisman, Illinois to attend religious ceremonies.