You can acquire a Town Hall and Storage structure markers in two ways. You can find a naturally spawned village and take the markers from it or you can craft your own Town Hall marker. The recipes for a new Town Hall maker is as follows:
Upon placing a new town hall marker a chest will appear
While the Town Hall is the geographic center of the village, the Storage building should be your central focal point. All, and we mean all, of your villagers will use the Storage building while conducting their daily duties, and you will be doing the same when the Merchant arrives. As villagers will be coming back and forth to this building every day, it is important to have it centrally located to minimize the walking they will be doing to get from their work location to the Storage.
In order to be considered valid, a new village’s Town Hall marker must be at least 400 blocks from the nearest existing Town Hall. Keep this in mind when deciding where to start your village; if another player has an existing village nearby or there’s a naturally-generated village too close, your Town Hall won’t be considered valid.
A Farmer and a decent sized farm are key to starting your village. The Farmer will harvest your fields and supply an early, sustainable food supply. Over time you will need to expand your Farmland to accommodate your growing village; make sure you plan for this. There is some math involved in which farmland your Farmers will attempt to harvest first. The basic rule is to place smaller plots of Farmland near your Town Hall and larger ones further away.
As wood is both a valuable trading item and is used by many other professions, a good tree farm is a great next step. Lumberjacks can only chop down 1x1 wide trees, so if you want to use Acacia or Dark Oak you will need to harvest that yourself. They are also not fans of large oak trees, so place a bottom slab 8 blocks above your oak saplings to prevent them from growing large. Lumberjacks will scan the entire village area for viable trees to harvest, so placing a large tree farm near the Storage is your best bet to reduce their travel time.
Just like your Farmland, the closer you have your mines to the Town Hall the better. It's best to not have a straight staircase down, as this will lead to short Mineshafts since they end up being further from your Town Hall. Try to plan for turning your staircase 180 degrees to place your Mineshafts close to the bottom of your Town Hall.
The Rancher is likely the first intermediate Villager you should get following the basic villagers (Farmer, Lumberjack, Miner). Similar to the other professions, the closer the animals pens are to the storage, the more efficient your Rancher will be. The first Animal pen you choose will likely be dependent on the animals you have nearby, if at all possible, you should strive to have a Sheep Pen first. supply mutton to feed your village and wool to create additional beds and to trade to the merchant (currently at a ridiculous rate).
If you are following this guide (and lets be honest, you know you are) the next villager you should get is a Butcher. Without the Butcher all your animals will remain cooped up in their pens draining your storage building of their valuable crops. As the Butcher is much less productive than villagers like the Farmer, Miner, and Lumberjack, it is not important to have the Butcher near the storage building. It is recommended that the Butcher be placed near the Animal pens.
Every village needs a few good men and women to keep it safe from the sounds that go bump in the night. At this point you will have at least 6 villagers; now is a good time to invest in the defense of your village. Buying a Guard at this point is recommended because you are rapidly approaching the point where Necromancers will begin spawning near your village. In addition to acquiring a Guard, building a wall is also a good next step. It will allow any unwelcome visitors to be funneled into one location to be easily taken care of.
Now that you have a nice size village with a mix of villagers it is time to start upgrading them. Acquiring a Blacksmith will put all that iron ore and diamonds to good use. The Blacksmith will craft tools for your workers and gear for your recently acquired Guard. A Blacksmith requires a Blacksmith Structure to perform his tasks. Make sure you include a crafting table, anvil and multiple furnaces to allow him to smelt at his hearts content.
At this point you should have stockpiles of uncooked crops and meats. Now is the time to get yourself a Chef and a Kitchen. As your villagers have been eating nothing but uncooked potatoes, they will appreciate the happiness boost they receive from a nice steak or a warm loaf of bread. For the Chef to operate he needs a Kitchen. Similar to the Butcher, it is not as much of a priority to have your Kitchen near the storage building.
If you have been keeping your villagers well fed and safe you may have received a "Heart" at this point. A Heart allows you to create Children. Children will play throughout your village and will attend School during the day. Going to School allows a child to gain intelligence from the Teacher. Over time your child will become a Nitwit. If that child went to school it will likely have more intelligence than a Nomad.
At this point, your villagers have been eating, sleeping, and working, now is the time to change that. By purchasing a Library at this point your villagers will begin to gain intelligence, just like Children do in a School. High intelligence increases the chance that a villager will skill up. Investing in one, although pricey, is worthwhile in the long run. Since you already have a library you might as well get an Enchanter as well. The Enchanter will craft paper and books to use and trade. He will also enchant armor, tools, and weapons for your villagers to use.
