Nitro
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 6,760 residents
- Description: city in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “Crawford City”, “Nitro, West Virginia”, and “Nitro, WV”
- Postal code: 25143
Places of Interest
Highlights include Saint Marks Episcopal Church and St. Albans Post Office.
Saint Marks Episcopal Church
Church
Photo: Boscophotos, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Mark's Episcopal Church, also known as Bangor Parish, is a historic Episcopal church at 405-407 B Street in St. Albans, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA. Saint Marks Episcopal Church is situated 2½ miles south of Nitro.
St. Albans Post Office
Post office
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The Old St. Albans Post Office is a historic post office building located at 202 Sixth Ave. in St. Albans, Kanawha County, West Virginia. It was built in 1937, and is a one-story, five bay brick building with a metal hip roof in Colonial Revival style. St. Albans Post Office is situated 2½ miles south of Nitro.
Chilton House
Building
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Chilton House is a historic home located at St. Albans, Kanawha County, West Virginia. It was built in 1857, and is a T-shaped brick dwelling in the Gothic Revival style. Chilton House is situated 2½ miles south of Nitro.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Scary and East Nitro.
East Nitro
Suburb
East Nitro is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. East Nitro is situated 1½ miles south of Nitro.
Amandaville
Hamlet
Amandaville is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. Amandaville is situated 2 miles southwest of Nitro.
Nitro
- Categories: city in the United States and locality
- Location: Kanawha County, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.42208° or 38° 25′ 20″ northLongitude
-81.8406° or 81° 50′ 26″ westPopulation
6,760Elevation
594 feet (181 metres)United Nations Location Code
US NITOpen location code
86CWC5C5+RQOpenStreetMap ID
node 154402454OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Nitro” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نيترو”
- Basque: “Nitro”
- Cebuano: “Nitro”
- Chechen: “Найтро (Малхбузен Вирджини)”
- Chechen: “Найтро”
- Chinese: “Nitro”
- Chinese: “奈特羅”
- Czech: “Nitro”
- Danish: “Nitro”
- Dutch: “Nitro”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نيترو”
- French: “Nitro”
- German: “Nitro”
- Gilaki: “نیترو (خۊرخۊسي ويرجينيا)”
- Gilaki: “نیترو”
- Irish: “Nitro”
- Italian: “Nitro”
- Ladin: “Nitro”
- Malagasy: “Nitro, West Virginia”
- Malagasy: “Nitro”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Nitro”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nitro”
- Norwegian: “Nitro”
- Persian: “نایترو”
- Polish: “Nitro”
- Portuguese: “Nitro”
- Russian: “Найтро (Западная Виргиния)”
- Russian: “Найтро”
- Serbian: “Нитро”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Nitro, West Virginia”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Nitro”
- Slovak: “Nitro”
- South Azerbaijani: “نیترو، باتی ویرجینیا”
- Spanish: “Nitro (Virginia Occidental)”
- Spanish: “Nitro”
- Tatar: “Найтро (Көнбатыш Вирджиния)”
- Tatar: “Найтро”
- Ukrainian: “Найтро”
- Volapük: “Nitro”
- Welsh: “Nitro, Gorllewin Virginia”
- Welsh: “Nitro”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Living Memorial Park and Nitro City Hall.
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