The Upper Gulf Coast is generally used to refer to the Houston area and its surrounding counties, with a distinct climate and demography from the coastal counties of East and South Texas. There was a total of around $564 million of ranches, farms, hunting land and other rural land and acreage for sale in Galveston County recently on Land.com. The total of all Galveston County land for sale was approximately 3,000 acres. Galveston County ranks 16th in the state for the total acreage of land currently advertised for sale. Of all locations in Galveston County with farms, ranches, hunting land and other land for sale, Galveston featured the most land for sale. Government and state-level services are the main economic drivers in Galveston County. Galveston County is Texas's 185th biggest county (873 square miles). It's located in the Houston Texas region of Texas.