Goldston is a town in Chatham County, North Carolina, United States, south of Pittsboro.

Via rural roads it is 13 miles (21 km) northeast from Goldston to Pittsboro, the Chatham County seat.

Brown to yellowish red, well drained silt loam of the Nanford series is also common.

Goldston is located on a spur of the Norfolk Southern Railway that runs between Greensboro and Sanford.

[6] Until a few years ago many older Southern-marked freight gondolas could be found parked on a side track downtown and at the nearby old Pomona Clay pit.

Norfolk Southern Right of Way Maintenance equipment and cars are also frequently parked on the side trackage in Goldston.