Capels is an unincorporated community on the Tug Fork River in McDowell County, West Virginia, USA. In Law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any Municipality. The Tug Fork is a Tributary of the Big Sandy River, 154 mi (248 km long in southwestern West Virginia, southwestern Virginia McDowell County is a County located in the US state of West Virginia. West Virginia ( is a state in the Appalachian Upland South, and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States, bordered by The United States of America —commonly referred to as the