Gold Beach (Tolowa: yan-shu’-chit,[5] yan-shuu-chit’-dvn[5]) is a city in and the county seat of Curry County, Oregon, United States,[6] on the Oregon Coast.

The community was originally named Ellensburg in the 1850s, but later took the name Gold Beach after a beach near the mouth of the Rogue River where hundreds of placer mines extracted gold.

[7] Mailboats based in Gold Beach have been delivering mail upstream to Agness since 1895, one of only two rural mailboat routes remaining in the U.S.[8] Although Gold Beach had been a community since the middle of the 19th century, and the county seat since 1859, its current incorporation charter only dates to 1945.

Gold Beach has cool, very wet winters and mild, relatively dry summers.

The location is heavily influenced by the moderating waters of the Pacific and the cool offshore currents.

The average annual precipitation between 1948 and 2014 was about 80 inches or 2,030 millimetres, mostly falling between October and April.

Snow is very rare in Gold Beach, averaging only 0.2 inches or 0.0051 metres annually.

37.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

33.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

[4] Gold Beach is served by the Central Curry School District.

The entire county is in the Southwestern Oregon Community College district.