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

Capels was named after Martin Caples, an official with Norfolk & Western Railway. The spelling of the town eventually

changed to Capels. Standard Pocahontas Coal Company opened the first mine in Capels in 1910.


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Restored & Enhanced Photographs furnished By Buddy French

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