The village of Zajta is located in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, Hungary. In 1314, it is mentioned for the first time under the name of Zalyta, as a settlement belonging to the Gutkeled family.
In 1314, master Mihály, son of Tiba, belonging to the Gutkeled family, the ancestor of the Apagyi family, shared his inherited estates with his brothers László, János and Tamás.
In 1461, its name was already written as Zaytha, its owners at that time were the property of the Bekcs and Atyai families. In 1462, the son of András Atyai died without an heir, his estate was given to the Rozsályi Kúnok family, who in 1476 bought the estate of the Gacsályi family, and from then on it belonged to the Rozsályi manor and shared the fate.At that time, Germans from around Erdőd settled here, who rebuilt the ruined church. In the early 1800s, the owners of the settlement were the Maróthy, Becsky, Morvay, Osváth and Pongrácz families, and later the Ujhelyis.
In 1910, it had 608 inhabitants, mostly Hungarians.
