Official Name: | Samaria, Idaho |
Pushpin Map: | Idaho#USA |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Idaho |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Oneida |
Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
Elevation Ft: | 4478 |
Coordinates: | 42.1178°N -112.3369°W |
Area Code: | 208, 986 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 398088 |
Samaria is an unincorporated community in Oneida County, Idaho, United States. Samaria is 7miles southwest of Malad City. The Samaria Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Samaria Historic District | |
Nrhp Type: | hd |
Location: | Roughly bounded by Main and 3rd Sts., 1st Ave., N. and south end of 2nd St., Samaria, Idaho |
Added: | June 11, 1979 |
Area: | 153acres |
Refnum: | 79003740 |
The Samaria Historic District is a 153acres historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. It included 36 contributing buildings.
The district is roughly bounded by Main and 3rd Sts., 1st Ave., N. and S end of 2nd St., in Samaria.
It was a Mormon town. Numerous buildings were vacant in 1974 when the NRHP application was prepared. Some former buildings in the district were demolished after the 1975 earthquake.[1]