Conservation Properties for Sale in Chaves County, New Mexico

Chaves County is set in a largely underpopulated, agricultural area of New Mexico. At 6,076 square miles, the county is the state's ninth-largest county and comprises some 5 percent of the Enchantment State's total land area. Chaves is centered around the county seat of Roswell, famously known for a 1947 UFO sighting and the reported military cover-up of the alien flying-saucer's crash landing during a storm. A total of around 100,000 acres were listed for sale in Chaves County recently, representing a combined around $64 million in Chaves County land for sale. Chaves County ranks 20th in the Land of Enchantment based on the combined acreage of land for sale among the 33 counties in the Land of Enchantment. Of all farms and ranches for sale in Chaves County, Roswell featured the most land for sale. Chaves County is one of the ten largest counties in New Mexico (6,075 square miles). It's located in the Southeast New Mexico region of the state.