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. A total of nearly 6,000 acres were listed for sale in Foard County, Texas, recently, representing a combined approximately $18 million in Foard County farms and ranches for sale. Foard County ranks 217th out of 254 counties in the Lone Star State for the total acreage of land currently advertised for sale. 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 largest county (707 square miles) in Texas. It's located in the North Central Plains Texas region of the state.