A total of around 1,000 acres were listed for sale in Ford County recently; the overall value of all Ford County farmsand rural real estate for sale was almost $7 million. Ford County ranks 86th out of 102 counties in the Inland Empire for the total number of acres of land currently advertised for sale. Gibson City had the most land for sale. Ford County is Illinois's 58th largest county (486 square miles). It's located in the Central Illinois region of the state.