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Do you know of Hume ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Hume. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Hume.<1>

Our sources for Hume (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Hume other than they indicate that Hume would be found somewhere in Calhoun County, Michigan.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1899 and closed  in 1905.

Communities Also Named Hume ...

We found thirteen communities that share the name Hume.

Within Michigan, the name Hume is unique.

Beyond Michigan, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, eleven are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Butte County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Hume [Butte County].
      • Fresno County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Hume [Fresno County].
      • Inyo County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Hume [Inyo County].
    • Illinois
      • Edgar County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Hume [Edgar County].
    • Kentucky
      • Boone County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Hume [Boone County].
    • Missouri
      • Bates County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Hume [Bates County].
    • New York
      • Allegany County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Hume [Allegany County].
    • Ohio
      • Allen County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Hume [Allen County].
    • Ontario
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Hume.
    • Saskatchewan
      • Please visit our profile page for the Saskatchewan community of Hume.
    • Texas
      • Cherokee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Hume [Cherokee County].
    • Virginia
      • Alexandria City
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Hume [Alexandria City].
      • Fauquier County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Hume [Fauquier County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Hume ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Hume:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Rand McNally Map of Michigan (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Calhoun County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Calhoun County.

AbscotaNey
AdamsNichols
  
Bently CornersOsborn's
Brown's Siding 
Burley CornerPenfield
 Plaza
Cedar LakePrairie View
Clarence 
 Ransom
EllisRansome
EmmettRenton
Englewood Park 
 Saint Marys Lake
Graham LakeSecillia
GroverSouth Albion
GrovervilleStanley
 Stuart Lake
Helmers 
 Tokio
Level Park - Oak Park 
Lyon LakeVerona
  
MadisonWashington Heights
Michigan Central JunctionWheatfield
Morgan ParkWhites
 Wilders
NewtonWilderville

Footnotes ...

<1>This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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