Land for Sale in Foard County, Texas between 70 and 80 Acres

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 almost 6,000 acres were listed for sale in Foard County, Texas, recently; the value of all Foard County farms, ranches, hunting land and other land for sale was approximately $17 million. Foard County ranks 216th in the state for the combined amount of land currently advertised for sale. Of all locations in Foard County with ranches, farms, hunting land and other rural land and acreage for sale, Crowell featured the most land for sale. Agriculture and farming drives the Foard County economy, with 194 farms recorded in the county during the U.S. Census in 2012. Farming activities in Foard County generate annual revenues of $4 million, the majority of which comes from livestock products. Foard County is Texas's 221st largest county (707 square miles). It's located in the North Central Plains Texas region of Texas.