Sewell Mountain is a summit in Fayette County, West Virginia, in the

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. With an elevation of , Sewell Mountain is the 276th highest summit in the state of West Virginia. Per Kenny (1945), Sewell Mountain was named after Stephen Sewell, a local pioneer who was killed by Native Americans in September 1776 near Jackson's River in present-day

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