Fort Ross, California

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Fort Ross
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
California Historical Landmark No. 5

Orthodox Holy Trinity St. Nicholas Chapel at Fort Ross, 2016
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Location	Fort Ross State Historic Park, Sonoma County, California
Nearest city	Healdsburg, California
Coordinates	38°30′52″N 123°14′37″W / 38.51444°N 123.24361°W / 38.51444; -123.24361
Built	1812
NRHP reference No.	66000239
CHISL No.	5
Added to NRHP	October 15, 1966
Designated NHL	November 5, 1961
Designated CHISL	1932

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Fort Ross (Russian: Форт-Росс, romanized: Fort-Ross, крепость Росс, krepost' Ross, Kashaya: Metini) is a former Russian establishment on the west coast of North America in what is now Sonoma County, California. Owned and operated by the Russian-American Company, it was the hub of the southernmost Russian settlements in North America from 1812 to 1841. Notably cosmopolitan, different ethnic groups settled in and around the fort: Native Californians, Native Alaskans, Russians, Finns, Swedes. It has been the subject of archaeological investigation and is a California Historical Landmark, a National Historic Landmark, and on the National Register of Historic Places. It is part of California's Fort Ross State Historic Park.