1 p.m., it's Farmer's Market time (June–October) on Church Street across from Cook Park -- a tradition for more than three decades." Samuel Insull, founder of Commonwealth Edison, began purchasing land south of Libertyville in 1906. He eventually acquired , a holding that he named Hawthorn-Mellody Farms. He also bought the Chicago & Milwaukee Electric line (later the Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee), which built a spur from Lake Bluff to Libertyville in 1903. When Insull was ruined by the Great Depression, parts of his estate were bought by prominent Chicagoans Adlai Stevenson and John F. Cuneo. The home Cuneo built is now the Cuneo Museum. From 1970 until 2013, Libertyville was the resting place of the only European monarch buried on American soil, Peter II of Yugoslavia, who died in exile in Denver. On 22 January 2013, Peter II's remains were removed from his tomb at St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Monastery and sent to Serbia in a ceremony attended by the Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dačić, Peter's son Alexander with his family, and Serbian Patriarch Irinej. Peter II lay in state in the Royal Chapel in Dedinje before his burial in the Royal Family Mausoleum at Oplenac on May 26, 2013. Government Donna Johnson was elected mayor of Libertyville in April 2021. She is the first African-American, and the second woman, to hold the position. Libertyville is represented by Jennifer Clark on the Lake County Board. Education Libertyville District 70 Libertyville has four public elementary schools and one public middle school within village lines, all comprising Libertyville District 70: Adler Park Elementary School Butterfield Elementary School Copeland Manor Elementary School Rockland Elementary School Highland Middle School Hawthorn District 73 Students residing south of Golf Road attend Hawthorn District 73 schools in Vernon Hills. Oak Grove District 68 Students residing in communities along Buckley Road attend Oak Grove Grade School in neighboring Green Oaks. Libertyville High School Libertyville High School, part of Community High School District 128, serves students in Libertyville and other communities in Libertyville Township. Other The Roman Catholic St. Joseph Elementary School and St. John's Lutheran School of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod both provide Pre-K-8 education to residents of Libertyville and the surrounding area. St Sava Monastery is also home to the St. Sava Serbian Orthodox School of Theology. Economy Top employers According to the Village's 2020 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, as of April 30, 2020