Zenda, Wisconsin

Zenda, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 42°30′43″N88°28′54″W / 42.51194°N 88.48167°W / 42.51194; -88.48167
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Walworth
Elevation	298 m (978 ft)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP Code	53195
Area code	262
GNIS feature ID	1577124 [1]

Zenda is an unincorporated community in the Town of Linn, Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. ^[1] It is located south of Geneva Lake and just north of the Illinois border. Its ZIP code is 53195. ^[2]

History

In 1955, a meteorite (the Zenda meteorite) was found in Zenda ^[3] by farmer Allyn Palmer. His oldest son later sold the meteorite to his high school science club for a few dollars.

Amtrak's Lake Country Limited stopped here in 2000–2001. Metra's Milwaukee District North Line also used to stop here from 1976-1982.

Economy

The headquarters of Melges Performance Sailboats is located in Zenda. ^[4]

Notable people

• Buddy Melges, Olympic gold medalist in sailing and co-skipper of 1992 America's Cup winner America³ , lived in Zenda. ^[5]
• Harry Melges III, world champion sailor, ^[6] and son of Buddy Melges, lives in Zenda.

References

1. "Zenda". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code" . Retrieved February 15, 2012.
3. "Zenda meteorite". mindat.org. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
4. "Melges Performance Sailboats - melges.com". melges.com. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
5. "U.S. Olympic Yachting Medal Record". Archived from the original on March 22, 2008. Retrieved June 5, 2010.
6. "Sailweb - keelboat - Melges 32 title for Paul Goodison". sailweb.co.uk. Archived from the original on July 28, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2016.