There was a combined around $16 million of farms, rural land, hunting land and other land for sale in Pope County recently on Land.com. The total acreage of all Pope County farms and rural real estate for sale was approximately 3,000 acres. Pope County ranks 45th in the Land of Lincoln for the total number of acres of land currently advertised for sale. There were four properties listed as sold in Pope County through the Land Network Comparable Sales Program. This represented a total value of $937,000. Of all locations in Pope County with land for sale, Golconda featured the most land for sale. Government and state-level services are the main economic drivers in Pope County. Pope County is Illinois's 81st largest county (374 square miles). It's located in the Southern Illinois region of the state.