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
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	October 15, 1966[2]
Designated NHL	November 5, 1961[3]
Designated CHISL	1932[1]

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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. It was the hub of the southernmost Russian settlements in North America from 1812 to 1841. Notably, it was the first multi-ethnic community in northern California, with a combination of Native Californians, Native Alaskans, Russians, Finns, and Swedes.^[4] 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.