This page lists the persons who have served as mayor of the Town of Carrboro, North Carolina 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 2 years, as well as 6 alderpersons serving staggered terms of 4 years (see List of alderpersons of Carrboro, North Carolina).
William H. Parker (1911–1917; 1937–1941)
Thomas "Newt" Mann (1917–1918; 1923–1927)
Braxton Bynum Lloyd (1918–1919)
Hyde Bryan Durham (1919–1923; 1927–1933)
Seaton E. Lloyd (1923)
Clifton C. Head (1933–1935)
Roy Rigsbee (1935–1937)
Robert B. Studebaker (1941–1943)
Isaac A. West (1943–1949)
Isaac F. "Dawson" Hardy (1949–1951)
J. Sullivan "Hoot" Gibson (1951–1955)
Robert B. Todd (1955–1960)
Charles Taylor Ellington (1960–1966)
H. Bryant Hackney (1966–1967)
T. Hughes Lloyd (1967–1971)
Robert J. Wells (1971–1975)
Ruth West (1975–1977)
Robert W. Drakeford (1977–1983)
James V. Porto, Jr (1983–1987)
Ellie Kinnaird (1987–1995)
Mike Nelson (1995–2005)
Mark Chilton (2005–2013)
Lydia Lavelle (2013– )
