East Texas is also often colloquially referred to as the "Piney Woods," an area characterized by dense pine forest that unfurls into Arkansas and Louisiana. Land for sale in Anderson County recently totaled approximately $91 million and nearly 100,000 acres. Anderson County ranks 62nd out of 254 counties in the state for the total acreage of land currently advertised for sale. There were eight properties listed as sold in Anderson County through the Lands of America Comparable Sales Program. This represented a total value of $865,779. Palestine featured the most land for sale. Government and state-level services are the main economic drivers in Anderson County. Anderson County is Texas's 62nd biggest county (1,078 square miles). It's located in the Piney Woods North Texas region of the state.