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. The overall value of farms, ranches, hunting land and other land for sale in Ellis County, Texas, recently on Land.com was almost $1 billion. This represents nearly 100,000 acres of land and rural real estate for sale in Ellis County. Ellis County ranks 12th out of 254 counties in Texas for the total acreage of land currently advertised for sale. There were three properties listed as sold in Ellis County through the Land Network Comparable Sales Program. This represented a total value of $1,563,400. Of all locations in Ellis County with land for sale, Waxahachie had the most land for sale. Manufacturing and related services are the largest economic sectors in Ellis County. Ellis County is the 98th biggest county (951 square miles) in Texas. It's located in the Dallas Prairie Texas region of Texas.