Yellow Springs in Greene County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Rod Serling

Television Pioneer

Photographed by Reilly Dixon, October 2, 2025

1. Rod Serling Television Pioneer Marker

Inscription. Rod Serling is best known as the creator and host of The Twilight Zone, the landmark television series in which characters found themselves in disturbing moral situations. As the principal writer, Serling penned or co-authored 92 of the 156 episodes that aired between October 1959 and June 1964. In addition, Serling penned such acclaimed scripts as Patterns and Requiem for a Heavyweight during television's golden age of live drama. Serling's writing was marked with a profound understanding of human nature with a strong sense of social justice, frequently addressing such issues and themes as prejudice, greed, scapegoating, authoritarian dangers, and our treatment of children and the elderly. His influential television work was honored with six Emmy awards. In addition, Serling enjoyed teaching his craft at colleges in Ohio, New York, and California.

Erected 2025 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation; Ohioana Library Association; Antioch College; Ohio History Connection. (Marker Number 34-29.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment. A significant historical date for this entry is June 28, 1975.

Location. 39° 47.994′ N, 83° 53.19′ W. Marker is in Yellow Springs, Ohio, in Greene

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County. It is on Corry Street 0.1 miles south of East Limestone Street (U.S. 68), on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 505 Corry St, Yellow Springs OH 45387, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Ohio’s Dayton Metro

and in the Miami Valley.

It is also in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Glen Helen Natural Area (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Rod Serling At Antioch College (about 700 feet away); Antioch College (approx. 0.2 miles away); Antioch College / and Glen Helen (approx. 0.3 miles away); Virginia Hamilton (approx. 0.3 miles away); Moncure Daniel Conway / The Conway Colony (approx. 0.4 miles away); Yellow Springs (approx. 1.2 miles away); Historic Grinnell Mill (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Yellow Springs.

More about this marker. Dedicated Oct 2, 2025. Present were Executive Director of the Ohioana Library Association Kim Kiel, Antioch College archivist Scott Sanders, Ohio First Lady Fran DeWine, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, Rod Serling's daughter and author Ann Serling, Antioch student River Esquivel, author of Mark Dawidziak, Yellow Springs Mayor Pam Conine, and Antioch President Jane Fernandes.

Additional keywords. Antioch College

Photographed by Reilly Dixon, October 2, 2025

2. Rod Serling Television Pioneer Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on October 8, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 3, 2025, by Win Bent of Austin, Texas. This page has been viewed 124 times since then and 62 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 3, 2025, by Win Bent of Austin, Texas. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.