Bigpatch or Big Patch (formerly Kaysville) is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

located in the town of Smelser, in

Grant County, Wisconsin Grant County is a county (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 51,938. Its county seat is Lancaster, Wisconsin, Lancaster. The county is named after t ...

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

Notable people

George Cabanis George Edwin Cabanis (September 7, 1815February 7, 1892) was an American carpenter and builder from Bigpatch, Wisconsin, who served one term as a Republican member of the Wisconsin State Assembly representing Grant County's First Assembly distric ...

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* Arthur W. Kopp,

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