North Texas generally refers to the counties in the north-central part of the state, excluding those in the Texas Panhandle. It covers the metro areas of Dallas-Fort Worth and Wichita Falls and their surrounding counties. It is the state's most populous region. There was a combined around $322 million of land and rural real estate for sale in Texas's Cooke County recently on Land.com. The total of all Cooke County ranches, farms, hunting land and other rural land and acreage for sale was around 9,000 acres. Cooke County ranks 80th in the Lone Star State for the combined amount of land currently advertised for sale. There were four properties listed as sold in Cooke County through the Land Network Comparable Sales Program. This represented a total value of $655,003. Gainesville featured the most land for sale. Economically speaking, Cooke County's is largely dependent on mining and mineral extraction-related businesses and services. Cooke County is Texas's 171st biggest county (898 square miles). It's located in the Texoma Texas region of the state.