Page Contents for Sopchoppy, Florida

Statistics & Facts

Location

City Attractions

Government

Historical Events

Schools.

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Statistics & Facts

The Florida state capital is Tallahassee.
The population of Sopchoppy is approximately 367 (1990), 457 (2010).
The approximate number of families is 187 (1990), 194 (2010).
The amount of land area in Sopchoppy is 3.676 sq. kilometers.
The amount of surface water is 0 sq kilometers.
The distance from Sopchoppy to Washington DC is 749 miles.
The distance to the Florida state capital is 30 miles. (as the crow flies)
Sopchoppy is positioned 30.05 degrees north of the equator and 84.48 degrees west of the prime meridian.

Location

near the Gulf of Mexico in the Florida Panhandle south of Tallahassee
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Attractions

Ochlockonee River State Park
P.0. Box 5
Sopchoppy, Florida 32358
Phone: 904/962-2771
Boating, camping, canoeing, fishing, hiking, swimming
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Sopchoppy City Government

Sopchoppy City Hall
100 Municipal Ave.
Sopchoppy, FL 32358-0903
Phone: 850-962-4611

Sopchoppy Historical Events

The Legend of the White Squirrels"

Years ago I saw a book about the history of Sopchoppy. This books described the legend of a Chinese Princess being on a ship that traveled up the Ochlockonee River to the old railroad trestle to unload. She was carrying her pair of pet white squirrels. As the legend goes (if I remember correctly), the squirrels got out of their cage and survived. According to legend, this is how the Franklin County side of the river from Highway 319 to St. Theresa has white squirrels-today. They are not albinos. They breed with gray squirrels but the white is dominant. County Road 370 a/k/a Cow Creek Road, Boat Ramp Road, White Squirrel Road, and currently Rio Vista Drive parallels the river where the squirrels are located.

Sopchoppy Schools

Sopchoppy Elementary School
1st Ave.
Sopchoppy, FL 32358
Phone: 850-962-2151