Credit Quality and Nonperforming Assets - Troubled Debt Restructurings - Tabular Disclosure (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($) item	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($) item
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| item	0
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 86	$ 203
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	86	203
Reserve Difference	0	(22)
Reserve	$ 0	1
Real Estate Sector [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| item	0
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 86	100
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	86	100
Reserve Difference	0	0
Reserve	$ 0	$ 0
Real Estate Sector [Member] \| Other construction/land [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| item	0	0
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 0
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	0	0
Reserve Difference	0	0
Reserve	$ 0	$ 0
Real Estate Sector [Member] \| 1-4 Family - Closed-End [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| item	0	0
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 0
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	0	0
Reserve Difference	0	0
Reserve	$ 0	$ 0
Real Estate Sector [Member] \| Equity Lines [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| item	0	1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 100
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	0	100
Reserve Difference	0	0
Reserve	$ 0	$ 0
Real Estate Sector [Member] \| Multi-Family Residential [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| item	0	0
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 0
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	0	0
Reserve Difference	0	0
Reserve	$ 0	$ 0
Real Estate Sector [Member] \| Commercial Real Estate Owner Occupied [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| item	1	0
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 86	$ 0
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	86	0
Reserve Difference	0	0
Reserve	$ 0	$ 0
Real Estate Sector [Member] \| Farmland [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| item	0	0
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 0
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	0	0
Reserve Difference	0	0
Reserve	$ 0	$ 0
Agricultural Sector [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| item	0	0
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 0
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	0	0
Reserve Difference	0	0
Reserve	$ 0	$ 0
Commercial and Industrial Sector [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| item	0	2
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 94
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	0	94
Reserve Difference	0	(20)
Reserve	$ 0	$ 1
Consumer Loans Sector [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| item	0	1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 9
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	0	9
Reserve Difference	0	(2)
Reserve	$ 0	$ 0

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 33
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118936363&loc=SL6953676-111524

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