Sewells Point
Sewells Point is a peninsula of land in the independent city of Norfolk, Virginia in the United States, located at the mouth of the salt-water port of Hampton Roads.- Type: Cape
- Description: human settlement in Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
- Also known as: “Mister Sewell’s Point”, “Point Sowell”, “Pointe Sowell”, “Seawells Point”, “Sewall Point”, “Sewalls Point”, “Sewell Point”, “Sewell’s Point”, “Sowells Point”, and “Sowels Point”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort Monroe and Kecoughtan.
Fort Monroe
Quarter
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Fort Monroe is a former military installation in Hampton, Virginia, at Old Point Comfort, the southern tip of the Virginia Peninsula, United States. It is currently managed by partnership between the Fort Monroe Authority for the Commonwealth of Virginia, the National Park Service, and the city of Hampton as the Fort Monroe National Monument. Fort Monroe is situated 3½ miles north of Sewells Point.
Kecoughtan
Neighborhood
In the seventeenth century, Kecoughtan was the name of the settlement now known as Hampton, Virginia. In the early twentieth century, it was also the name of a town nearby in Elizabeth City County. It was annexed into the City of Newport News in 1927. Kecoughtan is situated 4½ miles north of Sewells Point.
Wythe
Suburb
Wythe is a neighborhood in Hampton, Virginia, along the water's edge of Hampton Roads, at the end of Virginia's Lower Peninsula. It is named after one of the signers of the United States Declaration of Independence, George Wythe. Wythe is situated 4½ miles northwest of Sewells Point.
Sewells Point
- Categories: neighborhood and landform
- Location: Norfolk, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Portuguese—“Sewells Point” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Sewell’s Point”
- Hebrew: “סואל’ס פוינט”
- Portuguese: “Sewell’s Point”
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