KFC, formerly known as Kentucky Fried Chicken, is officially leaving the state it’s named after. The fast food chain’s parent company, Yum! Brands, announced on Tuesday that KFC will be moving its corporate headquarters to Texas. Specifically, the Dallas suburb of Plano, where KFC will join sister brand Pizza Hut’s offices.

KFC stands for Kentucky Fried Chicken — everyone knows this, even chicken eaters outside of the United States. But the chain, long based in Kentucky, is relocating after 95 years of making chicken with the Southern state as its home base (KFC's headquarters is in Louisville).

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"This strategic decision will involve relocating KFC U.S. corporate office employees currently in Louisville, Kentucky, to the KFC and Pizza Hut Global headquarters in Plano, Texas. In addition, U.S.-based remote employees will be asked to relocate to the campus where their work happens."

Kentucky is losing a piece of its identity as Kentucky Fried Chicken, known these days as just KFC, decamps to Texas nearly a century after its founder began serving his childhood favorite at a

The tech giant is investing more than $1 billion in the state, including the San Antonio area. And, Kentucky Fried Chicken is moving to Plano.

Why would it? Its KFC and Pizza Hut brands are now headquartered in Plano. Its Taco Bell and Habitat Burger & Grill brands are in Irvine, California. And there’s still the problem that caused Yum to move the KFC headquarters to Texas — distance.

KFC started in a motel in a small town in Kentucky 95 years ago and continued its operations in the Bluegrass State. It was Kentucky Fried Chicken until it was rebranded as KFC in the 1990s and had been headquartered in Louisville since 1997, The Lexington Herald-Leader reported.

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Combining KFC's offices with Pizza Hut in Plano will "foster greater collaboration among brands and employees," the company said in a press release.KFC isn't completely abandoning its birthplace.