There was a total of almost $56 million of farms and rural land for sale in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, recently on Land.com. The total of all Edgecombe County land and rural real estate for sale was almost 5,000 acres. Edgecombe County ranks 70th out of 100 counties in the Tar Heel State for the total number of acres of land currently advertised for sale. Tarboro had the most land for sale. Edgecombe County is North Carolina's 47th largest county (506 square miles). It's located in the Piedmont North Carolina region of North Carolina.