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 $1 billion of farms and ranches for sale in Texas's Ellis County recently on Land.com. The total acreage of all Ellis County ranches, farms, hunting land and other rural land and acreage for sale was around 100,000 acres. Ellis County ranks 12th out of 254 counties in the Lone Star State 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. Waxahachie had the most land for sale. Manufacturing and related services are the largest economic sectors in Ellis County. Ellis County is Texas's 98th largest county (951 square miles). It's located in the Dallas Prairie Texas region of the state.