[6] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.5 square miles (3.9 km2), all land.

[7] 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.

[citation needed] Sopchoppy came into existence in 1894 after the CT&G Railroad Company built a railway through the area.

To encourage people to settle the area, the railroad engaged in an advertising campaign, exaggerating the quality of the soil and climate.

), and referred to colloquially as the "Gopher, Frog & Alligator, Company", which was absorbed by the Georgia, Florida and Alabama Railroad.

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.

[15] The festival includes a 1.4 mile “Fun Run”, a worm grunting competition, live music, craft vendors, and a ball.

[16] Part of Tim Dorsey's 2017 novel Clownfish Blues is set in Sopchoppy and worm grunting is a plot element.