List of mayors of New Castle, Indiana

Term	Name	Party	Comments
1909–1910	Mark E. Forkner	Rep.
1910–1913	George M. Barnard	Rep.
1914–1917	J. Leb Watkins	Rep.
1918–1921	George A. Elliott	Rep.
1922–1925	John M. Morris	Rep.
1926–1929	Stod Hayes	Dem.
1930–1938	Sidney E. Baker	Dem.	Namesake of Baker Park
1939–1942	Sam J. Bufkin	Rep.
1943–1947	Sidney E. Baker	Dem.
1948–1951	Harold L. Meadows	Dem.
1952–1955	Paul F. McCormack	Rep.
1956–1959	Sidney E. Baker	Dem.
1960–1963	Walter V. Falck	Dem.
1964–1971	Paul G. Osborne	Dem.	Namesake of Osborne Park
1972–1975	Scott Bouslog	Dem.
1976–1979	Gary Marcum	Dem.
1980–1991	Gerald "Bud" Ayers	Dem.	Park superintendent, 2003-2007
1992–2003	Sherman Boles	Dem.	3-term mayor, ran for a fourth term in 2003 and 2007
2004–2007	Tom Nipp	Dem.	Defeated in the 2007 primary by Sherman Boles
2008–2011	Jim Small	Rep.
2012–	Greg York	Dem.

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.