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Nitro is a city in Kanawha and Putnam counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It takes its name from a World War I era nitrocellulose plant. The population was 6,618 according to the 2020 census. It is part of the Charleston metropolitan area.

Nitro city overview:
Name:	Nitro city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	West Virginia
County:	Kanawha County, Putnam County
Elevation:	594 ft (181 m)
Total Area:	5.82 sq mi (15.07 km²)
Land Area:	5.24 sq mi (13.58 km²)
Water Area:	0.58 sq mi (1.49 km²)
Total Population:	6,618
Population Density:	1,215.53/sq mi (469.29/km²)
ZIP code:	25143
Area code:	304/681
FIPS code:	5459068
GNISfeature ID:	1555228
Website:	cityofnitro.org

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History

Nitro was incorporated in 1932 by Circuit Court. The name Nitro derives from nitrocellulose, the main ingredient in smokeless gunpowder. The Nitro area was to be the American ammunition production facility during World War I. Daniel C. Jackling “supervised the construction and operation” of the plant, which by the time of the armistice “was producing one hundred thousand pounds of high explosives per day.”

Its name was selected by the United States government because of the establishment there, during World War I, of a large federal plant for the manufacture of explosives. The city is known as “a Living Memorial to World War I.”

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Geography

Nitro is located at 38°24′55″N 81°49′52″W / 38.41528°N 81.83111°W / 38.41528; -81.83111 (38.415281, -81.831249), primarily in Kanawha County.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.67 square miles (12.10 km), of which 4.28 square miles (11.09 km) is land and 0.39 square miles (1.01 km) is water.

The city lies across the Kanawha River from the city of St. Albans to the south, and is adjacent to the census-designated place of Cross Lanes.