Oregon South Coast · OR
Gold Beach
Named for the gold in its sand, at the mouth of the Rogue.
- Population
- 2,341 (2020 census)
- County seat
- 1859
- Mailboats
- Since 1895
Then
- 1853
A post office opens under the name Ellensburg.
- 1859
The town becomes the Curry County seat.
- 1890
The post office is renamed Gold Beach, for the placer mines that worked the beach near the river mouth.
- 1895
Mailboats begin carrying mail up the Rogue to Agness, one of the last rural mailboat routes in the country.
Now
Gold Beach is the Curry County seat. Its tide stations are on the lower Rogue River, at Gold Beach and Wedderburn.
2 tide stations around Gold Beach
- Gold Beach, Rogue River1.0 mi
- Wedderburn, Rogue River1.8 mi