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]

Zenda, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
Zenda, Wisconsin Show map of Wisconsin Zenda, Wisconsin Show map of the United States
Coordinates: 42°30′43″N 88°28′54″W
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Walworth
Elevation	298 m (978 ft)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	262
GNIS feature ID	1577124[1]

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.

Economy

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

Notable people

• Buddy Melges, Olympic gold medalist in sailing, lives in Zenda.[5]
• Harry Melges III, world champion sailor,[6] and son of Buddy Melges, lives in Zenda.

References

This article about a location in Walworth County, Wisconsin is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e