1940

• Population of King County is 504,980.

• New 5,825 foot paved runway opened at King County International Airport.
• U.S. enters World War II.

• President Roosevelt issues executive order forcing the relocation of west coast residents of Japanese ancestry.

• War Department authorizes the extension of the paved runway at the County Airport to 7,536 feet.

• Twenty-first amendment to the state constitution, granting counties the right to home rule, is ratified.

• Legislature enacts County Parks and Recreation Facilities bill, which repeals 1937 law.

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