As an unincorporated community, Samaria has no legally defined boundaries or population statistics of its own but does have its own post office with the 48177 ZIP Code.

M-151 ran through the center of Samaria east to U.S. Route 25 before M-151 was truncated in 1965, and both highways were soon after decommissioned altogether.

[4] It is about 5 miles (8.0 km) north of the Ohio state border from the city of Toledo.

The community was previously known as Weeksville after early residents Samuel and Mary (Mason) Weeks.

[9] The area received its first post office under the name Samaria on January 17, 1879 with Samuel Weeks serving as the first postmaster.