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Located in the heart of Kay County--and in close proximity to I-35-- Blackwell is easy to find on msn's mapping service. MSN's Maps and Directions page also has driving directions for your convenience! (Use the "Get Directions" button). Once you arrive, Blackwell invites you to:

  • Enjoy the hopitality of Blackwell’s 7500 citizens, friendly and progressive-minded.
  • Savor Blackwell’s moderate climate, with average annual temperatures ranging from 42 degrees in January to 82 degrees in July.
  • Relive the past at Blackwell’s Top of Oklahoma Museum in the magnificently restored Electric Park Pavilion, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
  • Stroll through Blackwell’s unique stores and abundant, picturesque antique shops.
  • Hunt for bargains at White Factory Outlet Mall.
  • Luxuriate in 1920’s oil baron style at Ponca City’s palatial Marland Mansion, home to E.W. Marland, whose holdings at one time produced a tenth of the world’s oil.
  • Witness actual tribal pow-wows at Tonkawa, Ponca City, and other areas.
  • Escape freeway gridlock and walk to work.

Do all this--and more--in Blackwell!!

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Industry and Business: Known not only for its agricultural productivity in the fertile Chickaskia River Valley, Blackwell also hosts a variety of industries, businesses attracted and cultivated through authorized Enterprise Zones, an Industrial Park, a skilled labor force, and convenient vocational-technical training.

Schools and Colleges: Blackwell’s public school system centers around a modern, campus-style high school for grades 9 through 12, a middle school for grades 6 through 8, and three elementary schools for K through 5. Continuing education and higher education are available at nearby Northern Oklahoma College (only nine miles south of Blackwell) and Pioneer Area Vo-Tech in Ponca City, while Oklahoma State University (in Stillwater) and Northwestern Oklahoma State University (in Alva) are merely an hour’s drive away.

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Libraries & Churches: Industry is not the only area of life cultivated in Blackwell. The community’s cultural and spiritual needs are met through the Blackwell Public Library, with 35,000 volumes for research and perusing, and Blackwell’s 23 churches (22 Protestant and 1 Catholic).

Recreation: When it’s time to play or relax, Blackwell offers a nine-hole public golf course, six parks (two with walking/jogging trails), six tennis courts, an olympic-sized swimming pool and a children’s pool. Nearby Kaw Lake and Ponca Lake welcome fishers, boaters, skiers, campers, hunters, sailors, and picnickers. For more family fun, there is also a water park near the dam at Kaw Lake. Closer to home, Blackwell residents can also enjoy bowling, baseball, softball, volleyball, and intramural sports for both adults and children. Movie devotees can relish first-run movies at the downtown theater.

Health: To keep Blackwell’s citizens healthy, the city has a 55-bed hospital, three medical clinics, two nursing homes (totaling 208 beds), eight medical doctors, three chiropractors, two dentists, and two optometrists. Additionally, specialists from Oklahoma City in the fields of cardiology, orthopedics, otology, oncology, urology, and opthamology commute weekly to Blackwell.

City Government: Other support services are provided by Blackwell’s commission-manager government through department supervisors for police and fire protection, electricity, water, parks, and recreation. Utility services are provided by: Arkansas-Louisiana Gas Company (natural gas), Southwestern Bell (telephone), and Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority (electricity).

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Convenient Access: Conveniently located at the intersection of Interstate 35 and Oklahoma Highway 11, Blackwell is equidistant from Tulsa and Oklahoma City. And, Wichita is only a short hour’s drive to the north. Easily accessible, Blackwell and nearby Tonkawa jointly operate an airport with a 3,600 foot, lighted runway and a fixed-base operator. Commercial air travel is also available through Lone Star Airlines at the nearby Ponca City Airport (a full-service field with 6,201 total runway length). And, railroad service through Central Kansas Railway links Blackwell with the Santa Fe and Union Pacific rail systems.