The Nitro Public Library is a public library in Nitro, WV. A list of West Virginia libraries gives its founding year as 1964 and places it in Kanawha County. The same list links it to the Kanawha County Public Library system.
Nitro is a city in Kanawha and Putnam counties, on the Kanawha River across from St. Albans and next to Cross Lanes. The city takes its name from nitrocellulose, which a large federal explosives plant made there during World War I. The 2020 census counted about 6,600 residents.
Nitro hosted several public health events in 2020 and 2021, such as drive-up COVID-19 testing and vaccine clinics. See COVID-19 testing in Nitro, the COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Nitro, Nitro Elementary School and all event locations.