List of mayors of New Castle, Indiana

This is a list of mayors of New Castle, Indiana.

#	Name	Term start	Term end		Party	Comments
1	Mark E. Forkner	1909	1910		Republican
2	George M. Barnard	1910	1913		Republican
3	J. Leb Watkins	1914	1917		Republican
4	George A. Elliott	1918	1921		Republican
5	John M. Morris	1922	1925		Republican
6	Stod Hayes	1926	1929		Democratic
7	Sidney E. Baker (1st)	1930	1938		Democratic	Namesake of Baker Park
8	Sam J. Bufkin	1939	1942		Republican
9	Sidney E. Baker (2nd)	1943	1947		Democratic
10	Harold L. Meadows	1948	1951		Democratic
11	Paul F. McCormack	1952	1955		Republican
12	Sidney E. Baker (3rd)	1956	1959		Democratic
13	Walter V. Falck	1960	1963		Democratic
14	Paul G. Osborne	1964	1971		Democratic	Namesake of Osborne Park
15	Scott Bouslog	1972	1975		Democratic
16	Gary Marcum	1976	1979		Democratic
17	Gerald "Bud" Ayers	1980	1991		Democratic	Park superintendent, 2003-2007
18	Sherman Boles	1992	2003		Democratic	3-term mayor, ran for a fourth term in 2003 and 2007
19	Tom Nipp	2004	December 31, 2007		Democratic	Defeated in the 2007 primary by Sherman Boles
20	James L. Small	January 1, 2008	December 31, 2011		Republican
21	Greg York	January 1, 2012	Present		Democratic

Sources

• Ratcliff, Richard Pickering (1999). Henry County At The Millennium: A Reference Book of History, Firsts, Trivia, Lists and Interesting Facts. New Castle, Indiana:Henry County Historical Society.