List of mayors of Carrboro, North Carolina

The mayor of Carrboro is the presiding member of the governing body of Carrboro, North Carolina, United States. The office has been occupied since the town's incorporation as the Town of Venable in 1911. The town's Board of Aldermen is composed of the mayor, who serves a term of two years, as well as six council members (formerly known as alderpersons) serving staggered terms of four years.

Mayor of Carrboro
Incumbent
Lydia Lavelle
since 2013
StatusActive
Formation1911 (1911)
First holderWilliam H. Parker
Websitewww.townofcarrboro.org

List
  • William H. Parker (1911–1917; 1937–1941)[1][2]
  • Thomas "Newt" Mann (1917–1918; 1923–1927)[2]
  • Braxton Bynum Lloyd (1918–1919)[2]
  • Hyde Bryan Durham (1919–1923; 1927–1933)[2]
  • Seaton E. Lloyd (1923)[2]
  • Clifton C. Head (1933–1935)[2]
  • Roy Rigsbee (1935–1937)[2]
  • Robert B. Studebaker (1941–1943)[2]
  • Isaac A. West (1943–1949)[2]
  • Isaac F. "Dawson" Hardee (1949–1951)[2]
  • J. Sullivan "Hoot" Gibson (1951–1955)[2]
  • Robert B. Todd (1955–1960)[2]
  • Charles Taylor Ellington (1960–1966)[2]
  • H. Bryant Hackney (1966–1967)[2]
  • T. Hughes Lloyd (1967–1971)[2]
  • Robert J. Wells (1971–1975)[2]
  • Ruth West (1975–1977)[2][3]
  • Robert W. Drakeford (1977–1983)[2]
  • James V. Porto, Jr (1983–1987)[2]
  • Ellie Kinnaird (1987–1995)[2]
  • Mike Nelson (1995–2005)[2]
  • Mark Chilton (2005–2013)[2]
  • Lydia Lavelle (2013–present)[4]

Notes
  1. Pratt, Joseph Hyde. (1914.) "Good Roads Days: November 5 and 6, 1913." Economic Paper No. 35. North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey.
  2. No author listed. (April 2011.) Carrboro Centennial Commemorative: Celebrating 100 Years in the Paris of the Piedmont. Accessed November 6, 2013.
  3. Orange County Commission for Women (April 1994). First Women of Orange County: Women's History Month Project, 1993–1994. Accessed July 15, 2007.
  4. Velliquette, Beth. (December 4, 2013.) Carrboro's Lavelle becomes North Carolina's 1st openly lesbian mayor Archived 2013-12-07 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed December 4, 2013.
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