Editing Blackwell, Oklahoma (section)

===Transportation===
Blackwell is served by [[Interstate 35]], [[US Route 177]], and [[Oklahoma State Highway 11]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.google.com/maps/place/Blackwell,+OK+74631/@36.8001657,-97.3440529,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x87b068c81c2325e7:0x79ae1f8cdcf840b7!8m2!3d36.8044767!4d-97.2828207!16zL20vMHo2czk |title=Blackwell, Oklahoma|publisher=Google Maps|accessdate=March 24, 2023}}</ref>

Blackwell is home to the  [[Blackwell-Tonkawa Municipal Airport]] {{airport codes||KBKN|BKN{{nobold|, formerly}} 4O3}} with neighboring [[Tonkawa, Oklahoma]].

Historically, Blackwell had multiple rail lines, including the [[Blackwell and Southern Railway]] built south from [[Braman, Oklahoma|Braman]] through town to [[Tonkawa, Oklahoma|Tonkawa]], and the [[Hutchinson and Southern Railway]] built east from [[Medford, Oklahoma|Medford]] through town to [[Ponca City, Oklahoma|Ponca City]], both lines being acquired by the [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]] by 1900.<ref name=ICC>{{cite web|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=F1LMTKc256IC&dq=%22Blackwell+and+Southern+Railway%22&pg=PA215 |title= Valuation Docket No. 625, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company et al, decided May 3, 1927, pp. 127, 237, 253 & 471|year= 1927|accessdate=March 24, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry?entry=TO004 |title=Tonkawa|publisher=Oklahoma Historical Society|accessdate=March 24, 2023}}</ref><ref name=Railroads1>{{cite web|url= https://digitalprairie.ok.gov/digital/collection/okresources/id/70278  |title= The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company  |publisher= Railroads of Oklahoma, June 6, 1870-April 1, 1978, pp. 29-38 (accessed on Oklahoma Digital Prairie)  |accessdate= March 24, 2023}}</ref>  The town also was linked by the [[Blackwell, Enid and Southwestern Railway]], later acquired by what became the [[St. Louis-San Francisco Railway]], which was built southwest from town to [[Enid, Oklahoma|Enid]] and beyond.<ref name=Railroads2>{{cite web|url= https://digitalprairie.ok.gov/digital/collection/okresources/id/70317 |title= The Blackwell, Enid and Southwestern Railroad Company  |publisher= Railroads of Oklahoma, June 6, 1870-April 1, 1978, pp. 68-69 (accessed on Oklahoma Digital Prairie)  |accessdate= March 24, 2023}}</ref><ref name=Frisco>{{cite web | author = Frisco.org | url = http://www.frisco.org/msw/mswproto.htm | title = Frisco Hobart Subdivision|accessdate=March 24, 2023}}</ref>  Rail abandonments have since occurred, but Blackwell continues to have freight rail service through the [[Blackwell Northern Gateway Railroad]].<ref name=Map>{{cite web|url=  https://oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/en/odot/documents/Rail%20Map%202018-2020.pdf |title=Oklahoma 2018-2020 State Railroad Map|publisher=Oklahoma Department of Transportation|accessdate=March 24, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2010/11/17/2010-28975/blackwell-northern-gateway-railroad-company-lease-renewal-exemption-oklahoma-department-of |title=Blackwell Northern Gateway Railroad Company-Lease Renewal Exemption-Oklahoma Department of Transportation and Blackwell Industrial Authority|date=November 17, 2010 |publisher=Federal Register, 11/17/2010|accessdate=September 23, 2021}}</ref>