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Ty Ty’s post office opened in 1872

Most of Ty Ty was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1986. Below: maps from 1973 on and the census since 1890.

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How Ty Ty began

When was Ty Ty founded?

1872

The Ty Ty post office opened in 1872, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 353 in 18902020 census: 641154 years
Founding year: the first Ty Ty post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Ty Ty’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Ty Ty are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Ty Ty, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Ty Ty yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Ty Ty is a city in Tift County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Ty Ty had a population of 641. The community takes its name from nearby Ty Ty Creek which in turn takes its name from the titi trees on its bank.

Its first post office opened in 1872. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 725 to 641 (-12%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Ty Ty, decade by decade

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On the map

Ty Ty on the map in 1973

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Ty Ty.

Ty Ty on the 1973 USGS map1973Ty Ty sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Ty Ty.

People over time

Ty Ty, census by census

02004006008001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 725

Between 276 and 725 people in every census since 1890.

13 censuses, 1890–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Ty Ty’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Ty Ty

Nobody well known was born in Ty Ty itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Sue Monk KiddNovelist · b. 1948
Forrest TownsAmerican hurdler · b. 1914
Ray McKinnonAmerican actor · b. 1957
Caitlin CarmichaelAmerican actress · b. 2004
Howell HeflinDemocratic United States Senator from Alabama · b. 1921
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Tate ArmstrongAmerican basketball player · b. 1955

Questions about Ty Ty’s history

What year was Ty Ty founded?

The Ty Ty post office opened in 1872, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (12), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.