Nitro

West Virginia · WV

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City in West Virginia, US

6,624Population

5.8 sq miArea

594 ftElevation

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.

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