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Ross, California
Ross is a small incorporated town in Marin County, California, United States, just north of San Francisco. Ross is located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west-southwest of San Rafael, at an elevation of 36 feet (11 m). The population was 2,338 at the 2020 census. The town is bordered by San Rafael to the east, Larkspur to the southeast, Kentfield to the south, San Anselmo to the north, and the Mount Tamalpais protected watershed to the west. Ross is named in honor of James Ross, who acquired Rancho Punta de Quentin in 1859.
After the Mexican Revolution of 1821, the "land grant" system of parceling out land gave rise to what is now known as Marin County. Ross was originally part of an 8,877-acre (3,592 ha) Mexican land grant to Juan B.R. Cooper in 1840 known as Ranch Punta de Quentin Canada de San Anselmo.
In 1857, James Ross (1812–1862) bought Rancho Punta de Quentin for $50,000. Ross, a Scot who had arrived in San Francisco from Australia in 1848 and made his fortune in the wholesale liquor business, set up a trading post called "Ross Landing". He built his home on Redwood Drive and moved there with his wife and three children. When James Ross died in 1862, his wife, Annie Ross, was forced to sell a portion of her husband's larger land holdings to pay each of their daughters $10,000. The remaining 297 acres (120 ha) comprises the present-day Town of Ross.
The first post office opened in 1887, and Ross incorporated in 1908.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.6 square miles (4.1 km2), all of it recorded as land.
The 2020 United States census reported that Ross had a population of 2,338. The population density was 1,500.6 inhabitants per square mile (579.4/km2). The racial makeup of Ross was 89.1% White, 0.1% African American, 0.0% Native American, 1.8% Asian, 0.0% Pacific Islander, 1.3% from other races, and 7.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.6% of the population.
The census reported that 97.8% of the population lived in households, 2.2% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and no one was institutionalized.
There were 799 households, out of which 43.6% included children under the age of 18, 70.0% were married-couple households, 2.3% were cohabiting couple households, 18.3% had a female householder with no partner present, and 9.5% had a male householder with no partner present. 15.9% of households were one person, and 10.3% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.86. There were 649 families (81.2% of all households).
Ross, California
Ross is a small incorporated town in Marin County, California, United States, just north of San Francisco. Ross is located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west-southwest of San Rafael, at an elevation of 36 feet (11 m). The population was 2,338 at the 2020 census. The town is bordered by San Rafael to the east, Larkspur to the southeast, Kentfield to the south, San Anselmo to the north, and the Mount Tamalpais protected watershed to the west. Ross is named in honor of James Ross, who acquired Rancho Punta de Quentin in 1859.
After the Mexican Revolution of 1821, the "land grant" system of parceling out land gave rise to what is now known as Marin County. Ross was originally part of an 8,877-acre (3,592 ha) Mexican land grant to Juan B.R. Cooper in 1840 known as Ranch Punta de Quentin Canada de San Anselmo.
In 1857, James Ross (1812–1862) bought Rancho Punta de Quentin for $50,000. Ross, a Scot who had arrived in San Francisco from Australia in 1848 and made his fortune in the wholesale liquor business, set up a trading post called "Ross Landing". He built his home on Redwood Drive and moved there with his wife and three children. When James Ross died in 1862, his wife, Annie Ross, was forced to sell a portion of her husband's larger land holdings to pay each of their daughters $10,000. The remaining 297 acres (120 ha) comprises the present-day Town of Ross.
The first post office opened in 1887, and Ross incorporated in 1908.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.6 square miles (4.1 km2), all of it recorded as land.
The 2020 United States census reported that Ross had a population of 2,338. The population density was 1,500.6 inhabitants per square mile (579.4/km2). The racial makeup of Ross was 89.1% White, 0.1% African American, 0.0% Native American, 1.8% Asian, 0.0% Pacific Islander, 1.3% from other races, and 7.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.6% of the population.
The census reported that 97.8% of the population lived in households, 2.2% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and no one was institutionalized.
There were 799 households, out of which 43.6% included children under the age of 18, 70.0% were married-couple households, 2.3% were cohabiting couple households, 18.3% had a female householder with no partner present, and 9.5% had a male householder with no partner present. 15.9% of households were one person, and 10.3% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.86. There were 649 families (81.2% of all households).
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