A total of almost 1,000 acres were listed for sale in Pendleton County recently; the overall value of all Pendleton County farms and rural land for sale was almost $9 million. Pendleton County ranks 36th out of 55 counties in the Mountain State for the combined amount of land currently advertised for sale. Of all farms and rural real estate for sale in Pendleton County, Franklin had the most land for sale. Agriculture and farming drives the Pendleton County economy, with 556 farms recorded in the county during the U.S. Census in 2012. Farming activities in Pendleton County generate annual revenues of $1 million, the majority of which comes from livestock products. Pendleton County is one of the ten biggest counties in West Virginia (698 square miles). It's located in the Northeast West Virginia region of the state.