The usage of the name has gradually changed to include several other church facilities that are immediately adjacent to Temple Square.

The square was designated a National Historic Landmark District in 1964, recognizing the Mormon achievement in the settlement of Utah.

Other buildings were built on the plot, including a tabernacle (prior to the one occupying Temple Square today) and Endowment House, both of which were later torn down.

In 2000, the church completed a new, 21,000 seat Conference Center on the block north of Temple Square.

Visitation to Utah's five national parks—Zion, Bryce Canyon, Capitol Reef, Canyonlands, and Arches—had a combined total of approximately 9 million visitors in 2022.

Temple Square serves as the center point for all street addresses in Salt Lake City.

The streets in Salt Lake follow a grid pattern which deviate out from the southeast corner of Temple Square.

The Christus was in a room called the Rotunda with large windows, and a domed ceiling painted with heavenly bodies meant to reflect the sky on April 6, 1830, the day that the Church was founded.

The sister missionaries serving on Temple Square are from around the world, speaking enough languages to cater to the majority of visitors.

On April 19, 2019, church leaders announced that the South Visitors' Center will be demolished as part of a massive renovation project that will begin December 29, 2019.

The smallest of the three is the Salt Lake Assembly Hall, which seats approximately 2,000 and is on the southwest corner of Temple Square.

The Assembly Hall hosts occasional free weekend music concerts and is filled as overflow for the church's twice-a-year general conferences.

Its collections include over 2.4 million rolls of microfilmed genealogical records; 742,000 microfiche; 310,000 books, serials, and other formats; 4,500 periodicals; and 700 electronic resources.