A number of historic cattle ranches dot the county, which includes cattle ranching along with oil and agriculture as its chief economic drivers. Although the productivity of oil fields here has slowed in recent decades, Foard County has produced over 20 million barrels of crude since the first field was drilled in the 1920s. Set to the east of the Panhandle on the drier end of the Texas Plains, Crowell is the county seat. The value of all farms, ranches, and rural real estate for sale in Foard County, Texas, recently was almost $16 million, representing a total of 5,136 acres of land for sale in Foard County. Foard County ranks 227th out of 254 counties in the state for the total number of acres of land currently advertised for sale. Of all farms, ranches, hunting land and other land for sale in Foard County, Crowell had the most land for sale. Foard County has a large agricultural economy, with 194 farms recorded in the county during the latest U.S. Census. Farming activities in Foard County generate annual revenues of $4 million, the majority of which comes from livestock products. Foard County is the 221st biggest county (707 square miles) in Texas. It's located in the North Central Plains Texas region of the state.