• American companies established in 1940(35 P)

A

• 1940 establishments in Alabama(15 P)
• 1940 establishments in Alaska(9 P)
• 1940 establishments in American Samoa(1 P)
• 1940 establishments in Arizona(8 P)
• 1940 establishments in Arkansas(24 P)

C

• 1940 establishments in California(62 P)
• 1940 establishments in Colorado(6 P)
• 1940 establishments in Connecticut(1 C, 9 P)

D

• 1940 establishments in Delaware(4 P)

F

• 1940 establishments in Florida(43 P)

G

• 1940 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)(18 P)

H

• 1940 establishments in Hawaii(6 P)

I

• 1940 establishments in Idaho(8 P)
• 1940 establishments in Illinois(30 P)
• 1940 establishments in Indiana(10 P)
• 1940 establishments in Iowa(6 P)

K

• 1940 establishments in Kansas(3 P)
• 1940 establishments in Kentucky(13 P)

L

• 1940 establishments in Louisiana(17 P)

M

• 1940 establishments in Maine(1 P)
• 1940 establishments in Maryland(6 P)
• 1940 establishments in Massachusetts(16 P)
• 1940 establishments in Michigan(20 P)
• 1940 establishments in Minnesota(11 P)
• 1940 establishments in Mississippi(9 P)
• 1940 establishments in Missouri(7 P)
• 1940 establishments in Montana(7 P)

N

• 1940 establishments in Nebraska(5 P)
• 1940 establishments in Nevada(2 P)
• 1940 establishments in New Hampshire(2 P)
• 1940 establishments in New Jersey(13 P)
• 1940 establishments in New Mexico(8 P)
• 1940 establishments in New York (state)(1 C, 30 P)
• 1940 establishments in North Carolina(11 P)
• 1940 establishments in North Dakota(2 P)

O

• 1940 establishments in Ohio(15 P)
• 1940 establishments in Oklahoma(5 P)
• 1940 establishments in Oregon(31 P)

P

• 1940 establishments in Pennsylvania(16 P)
• 1940 establishments in the Philippines(8 P)
• 1940 establishments in Puerto Rico(12 P)

R

• Railway stations in the United States opened in 1940(9 P)
• 1940 establishments in Rhode Island(4 P)

S

• 1940 establishments in South Carolina(10 P)
• 1940 establishments in South Dakota(4 P)

T

• 1940 American television series debuts(1 P)
• 1940 establishments in Tennessee(13 P)
• 1940 establishments in Texas(28 P)

U

• 1940 establishments in Utah(7 P)

V

• 1940 establishments in Vermont(3 P)
• 1940 establishments in Virginia(23 P)

W

• 1940 establishments in Washington (state)(14 P)
• 1940 establishments in Washington, D.C.(5 P)
• 1940 establishments in West Virginia(4 P)
• 1940 establishments in Wisconsin(19 P)
• 1940 establishments in Wyoming(2 P)

0–9

• 193rd Tank Battalion (United States)
• 787th Tank Battalion

A

• American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults
• American Football League (1940)
• American Women's Voluntary Services
• Amos Alonzo Stagg Award
• Army Times

B

• Barney Nagler Award
• Board of Economic Warfare
• Bureau of Ships

D

• Defense Homes Corporation
• Defense Plant Corporation
• Denver Ordnance

E

• ESCO Foundation for Palestine

F

• Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists
• France Forever
• Frontier Conference (1940–1962)

G

• Green card

I

• International Best Dressed Hall of Fame List

J

• Jackson Hole Preserve

N

• National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
• National Board of Review Award for Best Documentary Film
• National Federation for Constitutional Liberties
• National Inventors Council
• National Register of Champion Trees

O

• Office for Emergency Management

P

• Pacific Coast Professional Football League

S

• Science Fiction Quarterly
• Special Services (entertainment)
• Spudnut Shops

U

• United States Fish and Wildlife Service

W

• Who's Who in American Art
• Workers Party (United States)