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. There was a combined almost $111 million of farms and ranches for sale in Rusk County recently on Land.com. The total size of all Rusk County farms, ranches, hunting land and other land for sale was 7,000 acres. Rusk County ranks 90th in the Lone Star State for the total number of acres of land currently advertised for sale. There were five properties listed as sold in Rusk County through the Land Network Comparable Sales Program. This represented a total value of $2,820,889. Of all locations in Rusk County with farms and ranches for sale, Henderson had the most land for sale. Economically speaking, Rusk County's is largely dependent on mining and mineral extraction-related businesses and services. Rusk County is the 104th biggest county (938 square miles) in Texas. It's located in the Piney Woods North Texas region of the state.