| Official Name: | Tyrone, Georgia |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Established Date: | 1909 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 33.36 |
| Area Land Km2: | 32.39 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.97 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 12.88 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 12.51 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.38 |
| Population Total: | 7658 |
| Population Density Km2: | 236.44 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 612.35 |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 33.4736°N -84.5911°W |
| Elevation M: | 299 |
| Elevation Ft: | 981 |
| Postal Code: | 30290 |
| Blank Info: | 13-78044[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 0324475[3] |
| Blank2 Name: | Major airport |
Tyrone is a town in Fayette County, Georgia, United States. The population was 7,658 in 2020. The estimated population in 2018 was 7,388.[4] It is a part of the Atlanta metropolitan area.
The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Tyrone as a town in 1911.[5] The community's name is a transfer from County Tyrone, in Northern Ireland.[6]
Tyrone is located in the northwest corner of Fayette County at (33.473563, -84.591229).[7] It is bordered to the south by Peachtree City, to the west by Coweta County, across Line Creek, and the north by Fulton County.
Georgia State Route 74, the Joel Cowan Parkway, passes through Tyrone, leading north 5miles to Interstate 85 on the south side of Fairburn. Downtown Atlanta is northeast of Tyrone via SR 74 and I-85.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Tyrone has a total area of 33.3km2, of which 32.3km2 is land and 1km2, or 2.94%, is water.[8]
| White (non-Hispanic) | 4,186 | 54.66% | |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 2,357 | 30.78% | |
| Native American | 17 | 0.22% | |
| Asian | 298 | 3.89% | |
| Pacific Islander | 4 | 0.05% | |
| Other/mixed | 364 | 4.75% | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 432 | 5.64% |
Within the town of Tyrone there are three public schools: Burch Elementary, Flat Rock Middle, and Sandy Creek High School. These three are located in a triangle configuration on the same street (Jenkins Road). Our Lady of Victory Catholic School is located on Kirkley (aka "Kirkly") Road off Highway 74. South of town is Crabapple Elementary School. East of town is Bennett's Mill Middle School.