Potosi is a village in Grant County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 688 at the 2010 census. The village is in the Town of Potosi.

Potosi is located where Wisconsin’s gain ore accomplice intersects following the Mississippi. The pronounce office (1837 to present) was originally located along with Van Buren and Head of the Hollow, then at Van Buren, then at La Fayette. In 1839, the leaders of three settlements (Snake Hollow, sometimes called Head of the Hollow, Van Buren, and La Fayette) decided to enhance the villages. The new, larger community was named Potosi, and the pronounce office moved one last time, to the center of the new, merged community.

There are several explanations for the lineage of the publicize Potosi, but the perfect one is unknown. Many mining towns are named Potosi, ultimately derived from the fabled silver mines of Potosí, Bolivia. Another description is that Potosi was named for Potosi, Missouri, where a lot of the early plus miners originated. Another bank account is that Potosi is a ruination of “Potosa,” the supposed state of the wife of Julien Dubuque, an in advance settler in the area. No evidence exists for this theory.

Potosi was the house of the Potosi Brewing Company, makers of “Good Old Potosi Beer,” from 1852 to 1972. A brewery restoration project has begun to maintain the records and tradition of the company. The National Brewery Museum opened inside the premises of the brewery in 2008. Potosi Brewery crafts and distributes a variety of beers throughout the region. Potosi Brewery’s mission is to channel all profits into its markets served to withhold historical and scholastic initiatives, and charitable causes.