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District 148, covering 20,160 acres (82 km) 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,
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Christian Church was organized in 1875 by Christopher C. Boyer. J. W. Perkins was the first minister. In 1880, the congregation built a church at the corner of East and Second Streets. In 1916, the church was struck by lightning and burned to the ground. The
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Cockrell at the present intersection of East Street and First Street, within the village of Hume. The first teacher was Anna Grimes. In 1878, a second room was added, to form an L-shaped building.
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105:39°47′53″N
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1197:Townships
1187:Vermilion
908:March 15,
806:Education
458:Geography
358:peoples.
294:FIPS code
282:Area code
240:Elevation
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1265:Stratton
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1154:Villages
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997:cite web
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829:Religion
761:Hispanic
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332:Illinois
298:17–36568
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1162:Brocton
1029:June 4,
751:96.00%
371:tillage
367:prairie
350:in the
342:History
309:2398560
134:Country
33:Village
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1320:Oliver
1315:Nevins
1305:Isabel
1295:Borton
1270:Symmes
1260:Shiloh
1240:Kansas
1235:Hunter
1182:Redmon
1172:Kansas
1119:Cities
765:Latino
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495:Census
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191:Shiloh
174:County
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1245:Paris
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1132:Paris
1109:Paris
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675:−2.6%
660:10.5%
630:−8.4%
600:−3.9%
570:−4.3%
555:38.1%
275:61932
179:Edgar
154:State
1255:Ross
1210:Buck
1167:Hume
1031:2015
1009:help
989:2022
938:2022
910:2022
726:2020
711:2010
696:2000
681:1990
666:1980
651:1970
645:0.2%
636:1960
621:1950
606:1940
591:1930
585:6.5%
576:1920
561:1910
546:1900
531:1890
516:1880
504:Note
499:Pop.
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365:was
322:and
316:Hume
304:GNIS
211:Area
206:1873
83:Hume
25:Hume
763:or
730:325
715:380
700:382
685:406
670:483
655:496
640:449
625:448
610:489
595:585
580:609
565:572
550:598
535:433
520:179
287:217
256:325
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