Nitro, West Virginia
| City of Nitro | |
|---|---|
| City | |
| Motto: Living Memorial to World War I | |
 Location in Kanawha County and state of West Virginia. |
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| Coordinates: 38°24′55″N 81°49′52″W / 38.41528°N 81.83111°WCoordinates: 38°24′55″N 81°49′52″W / 38.41528°N 81.83111°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 West Virginia
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| Counties | Kanawha, Putnam |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Government |
| • Mayor | Dave Casebolt |
| • Treasurer | John Young |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.67 sq mi (12.10 km2) |
| • Land | 4.28 sq mi (11.09 km2) |
| • Water | 0.39 sq mi (1.01 km2) |
| Elevation | 594 ft (181 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 7,178 |
| • Estimate (2014) | 6,837 |
| • Density | 1,677.1/sq mi (647.5/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 25143 |
| Area code(s) | 304/681 |
| FIPS code | 54-59068 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1555228 |
| Website | http://www.cityofnitro.org/ |
| (Official site is undergoing a complete redesign, which may limit access. The sites redesign is expected to be complete by November 2012.) | |
Nitro is a city in Kanawha and Putnam counties in the State of West Virginia, along the Kanawha River. The population was 7,178 at the 2010 census. Nitro is a part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). As of the 2010 census, the MSA had a population of 287,702. New definitions from February 28, 2013 placed the population at 363,000.
Nitro was incorporated in 1932 by Circuit Court.
The name Nitro derives from nitrocellulose, the main ingredient in 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."
Famous people with ties to the town:
Nitro is located at 38°24′55″N 81°49′52″W / 38.41528°N 81.83111°W (38.415281, -81.831249), primarily in Kanawha County.
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