| Official Name: | Temple, Georgia |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Michael Johnson |
| Leader Title1: | City Administrator |
| Leader Name1: | Bill Osborne |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 17.87 |
| Area Land Km2: | 17.64 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.23 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 6.90 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 6.81 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.09 |
| Population Total: | 5089 |
| Population Density Km2: | 288.56 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 747.39 |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 33.7358°N -85.0272°W |
| Elevation M: | 357 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1171 |
| Postal Code: | 30179 |
| Blank Info: | 13-75832[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 0333205[3] |
Temple is a city in Carroll and Haralson counties in the U.S. state of Georgia. The population was 5,089 at the 2020 census,[4] up from 4,228 in 2010, a 20.36% increase.
The name "Temple" was adopted in 1883 when the railroad was extended to the settlement, after one Mr. Temple, a railroad official.[5] The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Temple as a town in 1883.[6]
Temple is located in northeastern Carroll County at 33.7358°N -85.0272°W (33.735723, -85.027298).[7] A very small portion of the city extends west into Haralson County. U.S. Route 78 passes just south of the center of town, leading east 6miles to Villa Rica and west 7miles to Bremen. Interstate 20 passes through the southernmost part of the town, with access from Exit 19, and leads east to Atlanta and west to Oxford, Alabama. Carrollton, the county seat, is south via Highway 113.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Temple has a total area of 17.9km2, of which 17.6km2 is land and 0.2km2, or 1.38%, is water.[8]
| White | 3,395 | 66.71% | |
| Black or African American | 1,032 | 20.28% | |
| Native American | 15 | 0.29% | |
| Asian | 67 | 1.32% | |
| Other/Mixed | 269 | 5.29% | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 311 | 6.11% |