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 approximately $2 billion of ranches, farms, hunting land and other rural land and acreage for sale in Denton County recently on Land.com. The total size of all Denton County land for sale was around 100,000 acres. Denton County ranks 16th in the Lone Star State for the total acreage of land currently advertised for sale. There were three properties listed as sold in Denton County through the Land Network Comparable Sales Program. This represented a total value of $975,000. Sanger had the most land for sale. Denton County is Texas's 97th biggest county (952 square miles). It's located in the Dallas Prairie Texas region of the state.