| Official Name: | Dayhoit, Kentucky |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | Kentucky#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Dayhoit |
| Pushpin Label Position: | top |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Kentucky |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Harlan |
| Population As Of: | 2000 |
| Population Total: | 458 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 36.8397°N -83.3769°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 40824 |
Dayhoit is an unincorporated community in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code 40824.[1] The population of the ZCTA for 40824 was 458 at the 2000 census.[2]
Dayhoit is also known as Wilhoit, and its odd double name has a complicated history. A post office named for theDay family was here first, but Roy Wilhoit, a coal operator, insisted the railroad use his name for the new station. After an extended controversy, the Post Office Department decided in 1930 to compromise and call the office Dayhoit. The railroad continued to use Wilhoit, and the place appears on maps now as Wilhoit (Dayhoit PO).[3]