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Sopchoppy is a city in Wakulla County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Tallahassee, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 457 at the 2010 census. As of 2018, the population was estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau to be 482. Ochlockonee River State Park is nearby.

Sopchoppy city overview:
Name:	Sopchoppy city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Florida
County:	Wakulla County
Elevation:	30 ft (9 m)
Total Area:	1.68 sq mi (4.35 km²)
Land Area:	1.68 sq mi (4.35 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	426
Population Density:	253.87/sq mi (98.01/km²)
ZIP code:	32358
Area code:	448/850
FIPS code:	1266925
GNISfeature ID:	0306416
Website:	www.sopchoppy.org

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History

The town’s name is a corruption of “Lockchoppe”, derived from the Muskogee lokchapi (lokcha (acorn) / api (stem)), which was the old name of the nearby river.

Mention of ‘Sopchoppy’ can be found in 1850, in a runaway slave ad published by Henry Mash in the May 7, 1850 Florida Sentinel newspaper of Tallahassee. This is nearly 50 years earlier than the 1894 claim noted below.

Sopchoppy came into existence in 1894 after the CT&G Railroad Company built a railway through the area. It platted the town on property it already owned in the area, across the river from Greenough. To encourage people to settle the area, the railroad engaged in an advertising campaign, exaggerating the quality of the soil and climate.

The Sopchoppy Depot was built in 1891. Now a museum, it was built for the Carrabelle, Tallahassee & Georgia Railroad (G. F. & A.), and referred to colloquially as the Gopher, Frog & Alligator, Company, which was absorbed by the Georgia, Florida and Alabama Railroad. The line began in 1893 and closed in 1946. It transported lumber, turpentine and related products, honey, farm produce, soldiers, fish and oysters packed in barrels in ice as well as sturgeon caviar from the Sopchoppy River, frog legs, and catfish.