 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.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.