Foard County, Texas Land Market Insights and Pricing

A number of historic cattle ranches dot the county, which includes cattle ranching along with oil and agriculture as its chief economic drivers. Although the productivity of oil fields here has slowed in recent decades, Foard County has produced over 20 million barrels of crude since the first field was drilled in the 1920s. Set to the east of the Panhandle on the drier end of the Texas Plains, Crowell is the county seat. A combined nearly 2,000 acres were listed for sale in Foard County recently; the value of all Foard County farms, ranches, hunting land and other land for sale was almost $6 million. Foard County ranks 236th in the Lone Star State for the total acreage of land currently advertised for sale. Of all farms, ranches, hunting land and other land for sale in Foard County, Crowell featured the most land for sale. Agriculture and farming drives the Foard County economy, with 194 farms recorded in the county during the U.S. Census in 2012. Farming activities in Foard County generate annual revenues of $4 million, the majority of which comes from livestock products. Foard County is the 221st biggest county (707 square miles) in Texas. It's located in the North Central Plains Texas region of Texas.