” Looks like much of the timber has been cut over and sold in the past five years, “
This isn’t the best news - in a long-term collapse situation, you’re gonna need a good-sized woodlot, since wood will be your only energy source for heating and cooking.. (Something to keep in mind when you outfit your house - wood-burning heating and cooking stoves are going to be more than cutesy household accents...)
The entire thing wasn’t cut over, and there were poplars and pines coming in about ffifteen feet tall or so. It’s servicable.
I just got to looking in areas I know to be very affordable, even cheap, as far as vacant land and have posted a few examples.
Here’s another and the last one I’ll post, Henry County, VA, town of Bassett, 23 acres for just over $1,000 per acre. You don’t find that every day in anyplace you’d actually want to live.
http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/2953-Riverside-Dr_Bassett_VA_24055_M65731-92039