Sewall's Point is a town located on the peninsula of the same name in
Martin County,
Florida
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, United States. The population was 1,991 at the 2020 census.
Both the town and the peninsula are named for Capt. Henry Edwin Sewall (August 22, 1848 – August 1, 1925). It is an eastern suburb of
Stuart
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Names
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*Stuart (automobile)
Places
Australia Generally
*Stuart Highway, connecting South Australia and the Northern Territory
Northe ...
, the Martin
county seat
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.
Geography
Sewall's Point is located in northeastern Martin County at (27.195, –80.198).
Occupying a
peninsula
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, it is bordered by water on the south, east, and west. On the south and west is the
St. Lucie River and to the east is the
Indian River Lagoon
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. On the north it is bordered by unincorporated
Jensen Beach.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the town has a total area of , of which are land and , or 71.48%, are water.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the
2020 United States census, there were 1,991 people, 863 households, and 607 families residing in the town.
2010 census
As of the
census
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of 2010, there were 1,999 people, 758 households, and 607 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 828 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 98.72%
White
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, 0.41%
African American
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, 0.41%
Asian, 0.10% from
other races, and 0.36% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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The term commonly applies to countries with a cultural and historical link to Spain and to viceroyalties for ...
or
Latino of any race were 1.39% of the population.
There were 758 households, out of which 33.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 73.4% were
married couples
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living together, 4.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.8% were non-families. 15.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 2.85.
In the town, the population was spread out, with 24.6% under the age of 18, 2.9% from 18 to 24, 19.9% from 25 to 44, 33.0% from 45 to 64, and 19.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 47 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.8 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $97,517, and the median income for a family was $104,893. Males had a median income of $82,748 versus $32,500 for females. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the town was $55,121. About 4.6% of families and 4.3% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 5.5% of those under age 18 and 3.8% of those age 65 or over.
On September 26, 2004,
Hurricane Jeanne
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made landfall on
Hutchinson Island, just east of Sewall's Point, exactly three weeks after
Hurricane Frances
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did so at the same location.
Notable people
*
Tori Amos
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, singer/pianist
*
James F. Hutchinson
James F. Hutchinson (1932–2023) is a prominent oil painter. He was inducted into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame in 2011.
Early years
James Frederick Hutchinson moved to Florida from New York in the early 1940s.
In 1947, Hutchinson began visit ...
, fine arts painter since 1948, Florida Hall of Fame, home/studio in Sewall's Point
*
Vaughn Monroe
Vaughn Wilton Monroe (October 7, 1911 – May 21, 1973) was an American baritone singer, trumpeter, big band leader, actor, and businessman, who was most popular in the 1940s and 1950s. He has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for rec ...
, baritone singer, trumpeter and big band leader and actor, lived in Sewall's Point
* 1st Lieutenant Francis Tyndall, USAAC,
World War I
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fighter pilot,
Silver Star
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recipient, and namesake of
Tyndall Air Force Base
Tyndall Air Force Base is a United States Air Force Base located east of Panama City, Florida. The base was named in honor of World War I pilot 1st Lt. Frank Benjamin Tyndall. The base operating unit and host wing is the 325th Fighter Wing (32 ...
, Florida
See also
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Capt. Henry E. Sewall House, built at the tip of Sewall's Point in 1889, moved in 1910 to Port Sewall, now located in Indian RiverSide Park
References
External links
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Populated places on the Intracoastal Waterway in Florida
Towns in Martin County, Florida
Port St. Lucie metropolitan area
Indian River Lagoon
Towns in Florida