Zenia, California
Encyclopedia
Zenia is an unincorporated community
in Trinity County
, California
, United States
. Zenia is 6.5 miles (10.5 km) northeast of Alderpoint
. Zenia has a post office
with ZIP code
95595, which opened in 1899. Zenia was first named Poison Camp by men who came there in the 1860s after larkspur
in the area which poisoned their cattle. Postmaster George Croyden named the community Zenia after a girl.
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
in Trinity County
Trinity County, California
Trinity County is a large, rugged and mountainous, heavily forested county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of California, along the Trinity River and within the Salmon/Klamath Mountains. It covers an area of over two million acres , and as of the 2010 census its population...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Zenia is 6.5 miles (10.5 km) northeast of Alderpoint
Alderpoint, California
Alderpoint is a census-designated place in Humboldt County, California. It is located east-northeast of Garberville. It lies at an elevation of 472 feet . The ZIP Code is 95511. The community is inside area code 707...
. Zenia has a post office
Post office
A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...
with ZIP code
ZIP Code
ZIP codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service since 1963. The term ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, is properly written in capital letters and was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently, and therefore more quickly, when senders use the...
95595, which opened in 1899. Zenia was first named Poison Camp by men who came there in the 1860s after larkspur
Larkspur
Larkspur may refer to:* Larkspur, California* Larkspur, Colorado* Larkspur radio system, used by the British Army* Delphinium, a genus of 300 flowers with widespread nativity* Consolida, a genus of 40 flowers native to central and western Eurasia...
in the area which poisoned their cattle. Postmaster George Croyden named the community Zenia after a girl.