A succession of mayors served this community from 1898 to 2019, including G.W. Ayers in 1898; Andrew Jackson Burns from 1903 to 1904; James Skinner in 1905; S.E. Steele in 1906; D.O. Snyder from 1907 to 1908; James Brady in 1909 and 1913, and again from 1924 to 1926; P.A. Vallandingham in 1910 and from 1926 to 1927; W.H. Stowasser and W.S. King in 1911; Jesse Green and W.S. Hefner in 1912; D. Blain Shaw in 1913; V.G. Shipe from 1914 to 1919; C.R. Miller from 1919 to 1920; H.S. King in 1921 and from 1929 to 1930; T.W. Peyton from 1922 to 1923; John W. Jackson from 1927 to 1928; E.L. McCue from 1928 to 1929; C.T. Jimison from 1930 to 1931 and from 1947 to 1949; G.E. Welch from 1931 to 1933 and from 1951 to 1953; C.C. Swann from 1933 to 1939 and from 1941 to 1943; R.W. Nelson from 1939 to 1941; G.P. Vallandingham from 1943 to 1945 and from 1953 to 1955; D.B. Nelson from 1945 to 1947; Harley Townsend from 1949 to 1951; Jesse L. Henderson from 1955 to 1961; Boyd Hash from 1961 to 1969 and from 1975 to 1977; Don Owens from 1969 to 1971, from 1973 to 1975, from 1979 to 1981, and from 1987 to 1989; Emmitt Mahafey from 1971 to 1973; Ted Kirk from 1977 to 1979; William Rucker from 1981 to 1987; William Plyburn from 1989 to 1993; Nancy Cartmill from 1993 to 2001; Paul L. Turman, Sr. from 2001 to 2015; and Christopher L. Tatum from 2015 to 2019.