East Texas is also often colloquially referred to as the "Piney Woods," an area characterized by dense pine forest that unfurls into Arkansas and Louisiana. A total of around 100,000 acres were listed for sale in Henderson County recently, representing a total value of approximately $563 million in Henderson County farms and ranches for sale. Henderson County ranks ninth out of 254 counties in the Lone Star State for the total acreage of land currently advertised for sale. There were nine properties listed as sold in Henderson County through the Land Network Comparable Sales Program. This represented a total value of $5,320,500. Of all locations in Henderson County with land and rural real estate for sale, Athens featured the most land for sale. Henderson County is the 100th biggest county (948 square miles) in Texas. It's located in the Piney Woods North Texas region of the state.