Byron is a city located primarily in Peach County, Georgia, United States. A small portion of the city furthermore extends into parts of Houston and Crawford counties. The population was estimated to be 5,149 in 2019 by the Census Bureau, an increasing of 14.1% from 4,512 at the 2010 census. The city is in the Warner Robins, GA, metropolitan area.

Byron was home to the Middle Georgia Raceway, an auto racetrack that hosted NASCAR races and the filming of TV commercials and a feature movie. From July 3–5, 1970, in a field neighboring the raceway, the Atlanta International Pop Festival was held, which was the largest amassing in Georgia archives until the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. On September 15, 2012, an attributed Georgia Historical Society marker was placed close the raceway site to commemorate the festival.

The community was named after Lord Byron, the British Romantic poet. A former variant proclaim was “Jackson”, but the broadcast was changed in order to avoid repetition gone the Jackson in Butts County. The Georgia General Assembly incorporated the place as the “Town of Byron” in 1874.

Byron is located in the northeast corner of Peach County at 32°38′56″N 83°45′20″W / 32.64889°N 83.75556°W / 32.64889; -83.75556 (32.648908, -83.755640), near the geographic middle of Georgia. Interstate 75 passes through the eastern side of the city, with right of entry from Exits 146 and 149 (Georgia State Route 49). Byron is 93 miles (150 km) south of Atlanta, 16 miles (26 km) south of Macon, and 11 miles (18 km) northeast of the Peach County seat of Fort Valley.