Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
More historic than 68% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Below: 3 old photos and papers, maps from 1906 on, and the census since 1830.
Hume dates its founding to 1822 (Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history agree). The census first counted it in 1830.
More historic than 68% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Hume is more historic than 68% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
New York towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical New York town has 12.3 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Hume’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (10% of New York towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
Founding year: Wikidata (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hume’s history is told.
Hume’s post office has been open since 1825. Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Hume. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Hume.
From Wikipedia’s history of Hume.
Roger Mills, the first settler, arrived in 1806. The town of Hume was established in 1822 from part of the town of Pike in Wyoming County.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Hume, cut from the printed page as they were published.
"Sir James Hume of Coldingknows, third Earl of Hume, obtained from Charles I. a ratification of all the honors, privileges and precedencies formerly enjoyed by the two Earls of Hume, his predecessors, to him and his heirs male, May 22d, 1636, by patent dated at Hampton Court. He joined his association in favor of Charles I. at Cumbernauld in January, 1641, and during the civil wars that succeeded he maintained a steady loyalty. In 1644 he violently dispossessed Sir Patrick Hepburn of Waughton, of Fast-
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.![May 2, 1798. John Hume. [Seal] The foregoing will of the late John Hume was written by me, agreeable to the directions of the said Hume and that all the devises therein contained were made at his particular request; that after the said will was written the said Hume, as well as I recollect subscrib…](https://images.townratings.com/story/28580/bk-06d2b6e3b0bf0815-l.jpg)
May 2, 1798. John Hume. [Seal] The foregoing will of the late John Hume was written by me, agreeable to the directions of the said Hume and that all the devises therein contained were made at his particular request; that after the said will was written the said Hume, as well as I recollect subscribed and acknowledged the same before the subscribed witnesses thereto, that immediately afterward the said Hume deposited it with me for safe keeping, and that in sundry conver-
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
In the archiveAerial view of bridge - Erie Railway, Allegany Division, Bridge 367.33, Rush Creek, Botsf…
In the archiveAerial view of bridge - Erie Railway, Allegany Division, Rush Creek, Fillmore, Allegany C…2 decades in the archive, from the 1960s to the 1970s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
2019Dark Skies on Centerville Road
2012Picture of Fillmore Central School in spring
2010St. Patrick's RC Church, Fillmore, New York
2010FLT M06 8.7 mi - Sign on Rice Rd
2010FLT M06 6.6 mi - Signs on Buffalo Rd (CR 3)
2010FLT M06 4.5, 0.2 on blue Marg Hinz mi - Marg Hinz Biv…
2010FLT M06 4.5, 0.2 mi on blue Marg Hinz - Marg Hinz Biv…
2010FLT M06 4.5, 0.2 mi on blue Marg Hinz - Marg Hinz Biv…No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Hume’s page.
Retake this view · +15Between 951 and 2,302 people in every census since 1830.
20 censuses, 1830–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Hume’s Wikipedia page.
Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
In 1822, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. Hume’s post office opened in 1825, and the census of 1830 counted 951 people here.
Hume is more historic than 68% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
33% of Hume’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±7.4 points), against a typical 27% for a New York town; the median home was built in 1977.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From Wikimedia Commons (11), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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