A combined 1,000 acres were listed for sale in Wells County, North Dakota, recently; the overall value of all Wells County ranches, farms, hunting land and other rural land and acreage for sale was nearly $3 million. Wells County ranks 40th in the Rough Rider State for the total number of acres of land currently advertised for sale. Of all land for sale in Wells County, Cathay featured the most land for sale. Agriculture and farming drives the Wells County economy, with 543 farms recorded in the county during the U.S. Census in 2012. Farming activities in Wells County generate annual revenues of $7 million, most of which is from crops. Wells County is North Dakota's 25th biggest county (1,290 square miles). It's located in the Southeast North Dakota region of the state.