Gate is an unincorporated community in Thurston County, Washington, United States.

Gate is located on the Black River, 2.9 miles (4.7 km) west-northwest of Rochester.

[2] The Northern Pacific Railway built a junction in Gate, and the town developed a lumber industry.

The community was named Gate due to the railroad junction, which made it the "gateway to the coast".

[3][4] Much of the town was devastated by fires in the early 1900s, and the decline of the area's lumber mills further hurt Gate's economy.