Zaneta is an unincorporated community in Grundy County

Grundy County, Iowa

-2010 census:The 2010 census recorded a population of 12,453 in the county, with a population density of . There were 5,530 housing units, of which 5,131 were occupied.-2000 census:...

, Iowa

Iowa

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, United States

United States

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. It is located on County Road D35 west of Hudson

Hudson, Iowa

Hudson is a city in Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States. The population was 2,117 at the 2000 census. Hudson has grown in recent years as a suburb of Waterloo and Cedar Falls. It is part of the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area....

, at 42.391686N, -92.551408W.

History

Zaneta was founded in the 1800s. It was named after Zanesville, Ohio

Zanesville, Ohio

Zanesville is a city in and the county seat of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The population was 25,586 at the 2000 census.Zanesville was named after Ebenezer Zane, who had constructed Zane's Trace, a pioneer road through present-day Ohio...

; the "Zane" portion was retained while "ta" was added "for euphony

Euphony

Phonaesthetics is the claim or study of inherent pleasantness or beauty or unpleasantness of the sound of certain words and sentences. Poetry is considered euphonic, as is well-crafted literary prose...

". A Methodist church was built at Zaneta in 1902, moved from North Fork.