Bigpatch or Big Patch (formerly Kaysville) is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

located in the town of Smelser, in

Grant County, Wisconsin Grant County is the most southwestern county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 51,938. Its county seat is Lancaster and its largest city is Platteville. The county is named after the Grant River, in t ...

, United States.Bigpatch, Wisconsin
/ref> Welsh miners in the area named the community for a “patch” of

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nearby.

Notable people

* George Cabanis,

Wisconsin State Assembly The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The Assembly is controlled by the Republican ...

* Arthur W. Kopp,

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Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin Unincorporated communities in Grant County, Wisconsin {{GrantCountyWI-geo-stub