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    • - - Wilkesboro Economic Incentives Guideline
    • - - NC OSBM 2022 Comparisons Listings
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    • - - "We are Wilkes" Annual Guide
    • - - "We are Wilkes" Quarterly
    • - - Transportation
    • How to Launch a Business in NC
    • How to Start a Business in Wilkesboro
    • - - Step 1) Zoning/Planning
    • - - Step 2) Sign Permit
    • - - Step 3) Request Fire Inspections
    • - - Step 4) Water/Sewer Service
    • - - Step 5) Beer/Wine Application
    • - - All Building Inspections - inside Town and County
    • - - All Food Inspections
    • Meeting Space Rental Information
    • - - Online Reservation Form
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    • Outside Trash Providers for Business
    • Schedule of Fees FY 22-23
    • Town Forms
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    • Attraction Maps
    • Ben Long Frescoes
    • Historic Wilkesboro Tour
    • Stone Mountain State Park
    • Talking Trees Trail at Rendezvous Mtn.
    • Whippoorwill Academy & Village
    • Wilkesboro Music & Festivals
    • - - 2022 Concerts in the Commons
    • - - 2022 Movies on Main
    • - - Brushy Mtn. Peach & Heritage Festival
    • - - Carolina in the Fall
    • - - FaithFest
    • - - Merlefest
    • - - Prohibition Hot Rod & Moonshine Festival
    • Wilkesboro Parks & Recreation
    • - - Cub Creek Park Pickleball Courts
    • - - Mountain Bike Trails
    • - - Community Commons & Pavilion Stage
    • - - Heritage Square Splash Pad
    • - - Rolling Pines Disc Golf Course
    • - - Wilkesboro Campground
    • Wilkesboro Sundial
    • W. Kerr Scott Dam and Reservoir
    • - - W. Kerr Scott Tour
    • Wilkes Co. Barn Quilt Trail
    • Wilkes Co. Birding Trails
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    • Yadkin River Greenway

  

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HISTORICAL LIST 
Town Council Members & Town Clerks


MAYORS

Mayors    Year  Mayors                                     Year   Mayors      Year
J. G. Hackett 1889 J. L. Webster 1899 H. A. Cranor 1941
Jessie T. Ferguson 1892 Frank B. Hendren 1899 W. E. Smithey 1946
J. G. Hackett 1893 Milton McNeil 1901 A. B. Somers 1953
J. M. Turner 1895 John W. White, M.D. 1903 C. G. Bumgarner 1953
C. F. Morrison 1895 R. M. Staley 1905 Fidell F. Frazier 1973
H. L. Green 1896 H. A. Cranor 1909 Pete M. Mann 1995
J. F. Somers 1897 Charles G. Gilreath 1921 Normal Call 1999
Milton McNeil 1897 H. A. Cranor 1925 Mike Inscore  2007-
current
T. M. Crysel 1898 W. E. Harris 1931
E. M. Welborn                        1899      J. F. Jordan                          1937                                                        

TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS

Town Council Members    Year     Town Council Members     Year     Town Council Members     Year   
D. E. Smoak 1889 B. J. Kennedy 1905 Arlon A. Triplett 1947
I. T. Prevette 1889 J. L. Webster 1905 Russell G. Pearson  1951
J. C. Hubbard 1889 A. L. Combs 1905 Robert R. Smoak 1953
T. S. Miller 1889 C. W. Carlton 1908 Charlie G. Bumgarner  1953
John R. Henderson 1890 N. B. Smithy 1908 William C. Gray 1953
Joseph Welborn 1890 Linville Bumgarner 1909 George Kennedy 1957
Elbert Wallace 1891 J. C. Hubbard 1909 James T. Kinlaw, O.D 1957
William McNeill 1891 W. W. Barber 1909 M. G. Edwards, D.V.M. 1959
R. M. Staley 1891 Joseph M. Privette 1912 Ray Stroud 1963
D. E. Smoak 1892 J. C. Hubbard 1912 Fidell F. Frazier 1963
J. F. Somers 1892 Nike B. Smithey 1912 Richard P. Absher 1965
R. A.Deal 1892 W. W. Barber 1913 Joe Barber 1967
W. W. Lenderman 1892 D. R. Edwards 1913 Joe H. Pearson 1971
J. R. Coffey 1893 J. T. Welborn 1913 Fred C. Henderson 1971
E. Wallace 1893 Charlie H. Cowles 1915 Glenn Johnson. 1973
Chrles H. Somers 1893 W. F. Miller 1915 Jim Jenkins 1973
J. M. Welborn 1893 Joseph M. Prevette 1915 John P. "Poddy" Horton 1973
S. J. Jennings 1893 Thomas M. Foster 1916 George P. "Red" Snyder 1974
E. M. Pardue 1894 R. B. Pharr 1916 Ray S. Triplette 1977
Joseph Lewis 1895 J. T. Prevette 1916 William S. Thomas 1977
Noah Parlier 1895 Carl A. Lowe 1917 John P. "Poddy" Horton 1981
Colubus Morrison 1895 A. C. Dennis 1921 Glenn Johnson 1981
Elisha Welborn 1895 Presley E. Brown 1921 George P. "Red" Snyder 1982
J. S. Cranor 1895 W. F. Miller 1923 Joe C. McMillian 1982
W. C. Winkler 1895 T. M. Foster 1923 Rebecca McMillian 1992
B. S. Call 1896 W. B. Somers 1925 Dennis R. Riddle 1993
R. M. Staley 1896 Norman O. Smoak 1925 Tommy Bumgarner 1995
J. M. Welborn 1896 J. R. Henderon 1925 James S. Hartley 1997
J. F. Somers 1896 William C. Pearson 1925 Mike Inscore 1997
W. A. Berry 1896 W. E. Harris 1929 Tommy Bumgarner 1999
David R. Edwards 1897 W. W. Barber 1929 Mike Inscore 1999
John W. White, M.D. 1897 Joe H. Pearson 1929 James S. Hartley 2001
Joseph T. Welborn 1897 B. J. Kennedy 1929 Tommy Bumgarner 2003
William W. Barker 1897 W. E. Smithey 1930 Mike Inscore 2003
E. Wallace 1898 C. E. Lenderman 1931 Gary Blevins 2003
Frank D. Hackett 1898 Claude Kennedy  1931 James S. Hartley 2005
W. C. Winkler 1898 O. F. Eller 1932 Everette "Skipper" Solomon 2006
J. M. Welborn 1898 H. A. Cranor 1932 Sam Stroud 2007
C. H. Cowles 1899 Joe Barber 1933 Jimmy C. Hayes 2007
E. Wallace 1899 Ralph Reins 1933 J. Gary Johnson 2009
J. M. Welborn 1899 L. B. Dula 1935 Nellie Archibald 2009
W. C. Winkler 1899 J. R. Henderon 1935 Jimmy C. Hayes 2011
J. H. Lewis 1899 C. A. Lowe 1935 Michael Testerman 2011
J. L. Webster 1899 C. T. Doughton 1935 Russell F. Ferree 2013
W. W. Vannoy 1899 W. E. Smithey 1935 Claude Andrew Soots 2013
C. H.Cowles 1899 W. A. Stroud 1935 Jimmy C. Hayes 2015
J. C. Hubbard 1900 W. A. Stroud 1937 J. Gary Johnson  2015
C. J. Cowles 1900 W. E. Smithey 1937 Nellie Archibald  2017
W.W. Vannoy 1900 James Lowe  1937 Russell F. Ferree 2017
J. L. Webster 1900 G. T. Mitchell, M.D. 1937 Claude Andrew Soots  2019 
Rufus A. Spainhour 1901 Sherman T. Colvard 1941 Jimmy C. Hayes 2019
Milton McNeill 1901 C. E. Lenderman 1941  Russell F. Ferree 2021
James M. Welborn 1901 Paul Osborne  1942  Nellie Archibald  2021
D. R. Edwards 1901 Russell Gray JR. 1945    
C. U. Davis 1903 Tom Story, JR. 1945    
W. W. Barber 1905 Johnson J. Sanders 1947    
C. W. Carlton 1905 Joe H. Pearson  1947    

 TOWN CLERKS



Town Clerks                        
Year      Town Clerks                      Year       Town Clerks                       Year     
Joseph T. Welborn 1889 C. U. Davis 1903 L. L. Lunn 1937
R. A. Deal 1889 R. A. Deal 1905 J. R. Henderson 1937
John B. Deal 1892 Buel S. Call 1909 J. F. Jordan 1941
W. C. Winkler 1893 Henry Reynolds 1915 J. R. Henderson 1947
Claude Y. Miller 1893 L. B. Dula 1919 J. C. Harwell 1955
Charlie H. Somers 1895 W. F. Miller 1922 Ima W. Holbrook 1956
Charles L. Shore 1898 L. B. Dula 1923 I. Dean Rhoades 1971
H. A. Cranor 1899 Linville Bumgarner 1929 Harold L. Rockett 1989
John L. Webster 1899 Oliver F. Blevins 1929 Josephine F. Cass 1992
C.L. Shore 1900 J. R. Hendren 1935 James K. Byrd 2010
Frank B. Hendren 1901 F. J. McDuffie 1936    
   
    
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