Regulatory Matters (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Total Capital to Risk Weighted Assets, Amount [Abstract]
Capital Amount	$ 104,076	$ 101,450
Minimum Capital Requirement	$ 55,910	$ 52,560
Total Capital to Risk Weighted Assets, Ratio [Abstract]
Capital Ratio (in hundredths)	14.89%	15.44%
Minimum Capital Requirement (in hundredths)	8.00%	8.00%
Tier 1 Capital to Risk Weighted Assets, Amount [Abstract]
Capital Amount	$ 96,338	$ 94,375
Minimum Capital Requirement	$ 41,932	$ 26,280
Tier 1 Capital to Risk Weighted Assets, Ratio [Abstract]
Capital Ratio (in hundredths)	13.78%	14.36%
Minimum Capital Requirement (in hundredths)	6.00%	4.00%
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital to Risk Weighted Assets, Amount [Abstract]
Capital Amount	$ 96,338
Common Equity Tier One Capital Required for Capital Adequacy	$ 31,449
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital to Risk Weighted Assets, Ratio [Abstract]
Capital Ratio (in hundredths)	13.78%
Minimum Capital Requirement (in hundredths)	4.50%
Tier 1 Capital to Average Assets, Amount [Abstract]
Capital Amount	$ 96,338	$ 94,375
Minimum Capital Requirement	$ 35,260	$ 35,131
Tier 1 Capital to Average Assets, Ratio [Abstract]
Capital Ratio (in hundredths)	10.93%	10.75%
Minimum Capital Requirement (in hundredths)	4.00%	4.00%
Amount available for dividend distribution without prior approval from regulatory agency	$ 2,983
Old Point National Bank [Member]
Total Capital to Risk Weighted Assets, Amount [Abstract]
Capital Amount	96,079	$ 94,472
Minimum Capital Requirement	55,589	52,294
Minimum To Be Well Capitalized Under Prompt Corrective Action Provisions	$ 69,486	$ 65,367
Total Capital to Risk Weighted Assets, Ratio [Abstract]
Capital Ratio (in hundredths)	13.83%	14.45%
Minimum Capital Requirement (in hundredths)	8.00%	8.00%
Minimum To Be Well Capitalized Under Prompt Corrective Action Provisions (in hundredths)	10.00%	10.00%
Tier 1 Capital to Risk Weighted Assets, Amount [Abstract]
Capital Amount	$ 88,341	$ 87,397
Minimum Capital Requirement	41,692	26,147
Minimum To Be Well Capitalized Under Prompt Corrective Action Provisions	$ 55,589	$ 39,220
Tier 1 Capital to Risk Weighted Assets, Ratio [Abstract]
Capital Ratio (in hundredths)	12.71%	13.37%
Minimum Capital Requirement (in hundredths)	6.00%	4.00%
Minimum To Be Well Capitalized Under Prompt Corrective Action Provisions (in hundredths)	8.00%	6.00%
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital to Risk Weighted Assets, Amount [Abstract]
Capital Amount	$ 88,341
Common Equity Tier One Capital Required for Capital Adequacy	31,269
Common Equity Tier One Capital Required to be Well Capitalized	$ 45,166
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital to Risk Weighted Assets, Ratio [Abstract]
Capital Ratio (in hundredths)	12.71%
Minimum Capital Requirement (in hundredths)	4.50%
Minimum To Be Well Capitalized Under Prompt Corrective Action Provisions (in hundredths)	6.50%
Tier 1 Capital to Average Assets, Amount [Abstract]
Capital Amount	$ 88,341	$ 87,397
Minimum Capital Requirement	35,124	34,940
Minimum To Be Well Capitalized Under Prompt Corrective Action Provisions	$ 43,905	$ 43,675
Tier 1 Capital to Average Assets, Ratio [Abstract]
Capital Ratio (in hundredths)	10.06%	10.01%
Minimum Capital Requirement (in hundredths)	4.00%	4.00%
Minimum To Be Well Capitalized Under Prompt Corrective Action Provisions (in hundredths)	5.00%	5.00%