The city of Savannah, Georgia, United States, was laid out in 1733 around four open squares. The plan anticipated growth of the city and thus expansion of the grid; additional squares were added during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and by 1851 there were twenty-four squares in the city. In the twentieth century three of the squares were demolished or altered beyond recognition, leaving twenty-one, although one of the three "lost" squares is currently being reclaimed. Most of Savannah's squares are named in honor or in memory of a person, persons or historical event, and many contain monuments, markers, memorials, statues, plaques, and other tributes.
The First Four, 1733: Johnson Square, Wright Square, Ellis Square, Telfair Square
Two New squares: Reynolds Square, Oglethorpe Square
The 1790s: Washington Square, Franklin Square, Warren Square, Columbia Square, Greene Square, Liberty Square
The Nineteenth Century Squares: Elbert Square, Chippewa Square, Orleans Square, Lafayette Square, Pulaski Square, Madison Square, Crawford Square, Chatham Square, Monterey Square, Troup Square, Calhoun Square