Fort Romie, California

Fort Romie
Unincorporated community
Fort Romie Location in California
Coordinates: 36°24′01″N 121°20′47″W / 36.40028°N 121.34639°W / 36.40028; -121.34639Coordinates: 36°24′01″N 121°20′47″W / 36.40028°N 121.34639°W / 36.40028; -121.34639
Country	United States
State	California
County	Monterey County
Elevation^[1]	187 ft (57 m)

Fort Romie (also, Romie)^[2] is an unincorporated community in Monterey County, California.^[1] It is located 2 miles (3.2 km) south-southwest of Soledad off County Route G17,^[2] at an elevation of 187 feet (57 m).^[1]

A post office operated at Romie from 1898 to 1900.^[2] The name honors Charles Romie, a landowner who sold the land to the Salvation Army to establish an agricultural community at the site in 1898.^[2]

References

1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fort Romie, California
1 2 3 4 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 898. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.

Municipalities and communities of Monterey County, California, United States

County seat: Salinas

Cities	Carmel-by-the-Sea Del Rey Oaks Gonzales Greenfield King City Marina Monterey Pacific Grove Salinas Sand City Seaside Soledad

CDPs	Aromas‡ Boronda Bradley Carmel Valley Village Castroville Chualar Del Monte Forest Elkhorn Las Lomas Lockwood Moss Landing Pajaro Pine Canyon Prunedale San Ardo San Lucas Spreckels

Unincorporated communities	Ambler Park Blanco Bolsa Knolls Bryson Camphora Carmel Highlands Coburn Confederate Corners Cooper Corral de Tierra Dean East Garrison Elsa Fort Romie Gabilan Acres Gorda Harlem Jamesburg Jolon Lonoak Lucia Martinus Corner Metz Millers Ranch Molus Moss Nacimiento Nashua Natividad Neponset Notleys Landing Oak Hills Old Hilltown Pacific Grove Acres Palo Colorado Canyon Parkfield Pebble Beach Penvir Plaskett Pleyto Posts Robles Del Rio Royal Oaks San Benancio Slates Hot Springs Spence Spreckels Junction Sycamore Flat Tassajara Hot Springs Valleton Watsonville Junction Welby Wunpost

Ghost towns	Achasta Animpayamo Carmelito Docas Dunbarton Eagle Eslanagan Fort Ord Village Gabilan Gem Griswold Guayusta Imusdale Kakonkaruk Kalindaruk Kulul Lukaiasta Manchester Paisin Quina Sans Sapaywis Seama Soccorondo Steloglamo Subazama Tecolom Teshaya Tetachoya Tiubta Tukutnut Upland Vega Veratina Wachanaruka Zassalete Zumblito

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county

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