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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Istbor" data-source="post: 7821675" data-attributes="member: 6801670">Well are we talking who turned the hamlet or group of farmsteads into a proper village, or who/what began the hamlet? Who was the first to actually settle on the land? Those can be pretty different, and very far apart in a time line. Take for an example the small town I grew up in.  It started as a grouping of farmers along a stretch of road that connected two cities. Over time more people and houses collected there. Then one industrious member built a store to accommodate those farmers, built a post office as well. With a close relative putting in the first general store. From there, the hamlet grew into a village, then to a town. That is only one example. I can think of a few villages, that formed due to a church being build in an accessible/central area to service the faith of those living in the countryside around it. Over time more and more houses and people settled there, or created families that expanded the community. When I make a village/town/city, I like to think about why those people are there. Trade route? Good farm land? Clean running water? Resources? Defensible location?That helps me understand then the type of people who started the endeavor and what their likely motivations would be.</blockquote>