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Capels is an unincorporated community on the Tug Fork River in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States.

Capels
Unincorporated community
Coal tipple in Capels, 1938. Photo by Marion Post Wolcott.
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Coordinates: 37°27′16″N 81°36′5″W
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	McDowell
Elevation	1,309 ft (399 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	24820
GNIS feature ID	1554065[1]

Capels most likely was named after the local Capel family.[2]

References

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Capels, West Virginia
Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 153.

v t e Municipalities and communities of McDowell County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Welch
Cities	Gary Keystone War Welch	Map of West Virginia highlighting McDowell County
Towns	Anawalt Bradshaw Davy Iaeger Kimball Northfork
CDPs	Bartley Berwind Big Sandy Crumpler Cucumber Maybeury Pageton Raysal Roderfield Vivian
Unincorporated communities	Algoma Alpheus Antler Apple Grove Asco Ashland Atwell Avondale Beartown Big Four Bishop Black Wolf Bottom Creek Brewsterdale Canebrake Capels Caretta Carlos Carswell Cherokee Clark Clear Fork Junction Coalwood Dan Eckman Eight Elkhorn English Ennis Erin Faraday Garland Gilliam Havaco Hemphill Hensley Hull Isaban‡ Jackson Flats Jacobs Fork Jed Jenkinjones Johnnycake Jolo Krollitz Kyle Landgraff Leckie Lex Lila Litwar Longpole Maitland Marine Marytown McDowell Mohawk Mohegan Monson Newhall Panther Paynesville Peapatch‡ Powhatan Premier Ream Rift Rockridge Rolfe Sandy Huff Six Skygusty Squire Superior Switchback Twin Branch Union City Upland Vallscreek Venus Warriormine Wilmore Worth Wyoming City Yerba Yukon
Ghost town	Hix
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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