There was a total of around $134 million of farms, hunting land and other rural land and acreage for sale in North Carolina's Wilkes County recently on Land.com. The total size of all Wilkes County farms and rural real estate for sale was 8,000 acres. Wilkes County ranks 34th in the state for the total number of acres of land currently advertised for sale. Wilkesboro had the most land for sale. Wilkes County is North Carolina's 17th biggest county (757 square miles). It's located in the Mountains North Carolina region of North Carolina.