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Zenda, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 42°30′43″N 88°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

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

History

In 1955, a meteorite (the Zenda meteorite) was found in Zenda 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.

Notable people

• Buddy Melges, Olympic gold medalist in sailing and co-skipper of 1992 America's Cup winner America³, lived in Zenda.
• Harry Melges III, world champion sailor, 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. Retrieved May 15, 2016.

v t e Places adjacent to Zenda, Wisconsin
Walworth Linn Pell Lake Big Foot Prairie Zenda Genoa City Harvard, Illinois Hebron, Illinois Richmond, Illinois

v t e Municipalities and communities of Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States
County seat: Elkhorn
Cities	Burlington‡ Delavan Elkhorn Lake Geneva Whitewater‡
Villages	Bloomfield Darien East Troy Fontana-on-Geneva Lake Genoa City‡ Mukwonago‡ Sharon Walworth Williams Bay
Towns	Bloomfield Darien Delavan East Troy Geneva La Grange Lafayette Linn Lyons Richmond Sharon Spring Prairie Sugar Creek Troy Walworth Whitewater
CDPs	Allen's Grove Big Foot Prairie‡ Como Delavan Lake Lake Ivanhoe Lake Lorraine Lauderdale Lakes Lyons Potter Lake Springfield Turtle Lake
Other communities	Abells Corners Adams Bardwell Bowers East Delavan Fairfield‡ Heart Prairie Hilburn Honey Creek‡ Honey Lake‡ Inlet La Grange Lake Beulah Lake Como Lake Lawn Lauderdale Linton Little Prairie Millard North Bloomfield Richmond Spring Prairie Tibbets Troy Troy Center Voree Zenda
Ghost towns	Army Lake Mayhews
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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