United States
In the United States, a town square typically consists of a park or plaza in front of the original county courthouse or town hall.
In some cities, especially in New England, the term "square" (as its Spanish equivalent, Plaza) is applied to a commercial area (like Central Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts), usually formed around the intersection of three or more streets, and which originally consisted of some open area (many of which have been filled in with traffic islands and other traffic calming features).
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—Benjamin Harrison (1833–1901)