Why Do Towns Develop In Areas Of Low Population Density?

Towns refer to a community of people that has on average several thousand population. Generally, It is larger than a village but considerably smaller than a city. Actually towns do not develop in the area of low population density. The chain is basically in reverse. I.e A small community is called a village and the population can be upto hundred households. When the population increases, the facilities also increases and thus the village becomes a town. When towns grow bigger and better they become cities. Naturally cities attract other people from surrounding areas to come and live near it due to better opportunities. Thus the population in and around a city gets highly dense. Towns are not developed intentionally in low population density. If they get dense, they will no longer remain towns, instead they will become a city.

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Is the question "How or why to towns develop in areas of low population density?"

Towns will often develop around geographic features that attract or channel traffic, such as sweet springs, artesian wells or river fords.

In USA the Federal government set up judicial areas in the territories and some settlement would develop around the county court houses and the territorial or state legislatures.

Cross-roads are also development hubs, in middle of no-where, with potential for commerce from twice the travelers than at a way-station (weigh-station from toll-road days?).

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