There was a combined approximately $3 million of land for sale in Shelby County, Illinois, recently on Land.com. The total size of all Shelby County land and rural real estate for sale was almost 1,000 acres. Shelby County ranks 85th out of 102 counties in the state for the total acreage of land currently advertised for sale. Of all locations in Shelby County with farms and rural land for sale, Moweaqua featured the most land for sale. Agriculture and farming drives the Shelby County economy, with 1,282 farms recorded in the county during the U.S. Census in 2012. Farming activities in Shelby County generate annual revenues of $29 million, most of which is from crops. Shelby County is Illinois's 18th biggest county (768 square miles). It's located in the Central Illinois region of Illinois.