The West Texas region is a sprawling area that can loosely be classified as comprising the counties around the main metro areas of El Paso, Lubbock, Abilene, Midland/Odessa and San Angelo. There was a total of almost $26 million of farms and ranches for sale in Ward County, Texas, recently on Land.com. The total of all Ward County land for sale was nearly 1,000 acres. Ward County ranks 188th in the Lone Star State for the total acreage of land currently advertised for sale. Monahans had the most land for sale. Mining and mineral extraction-related services are the main economic drivers in this part of Texas. Ward County is Texas's 196th largest county (835 square miles). It's located in the Trans Pecos Texas region of the state.