Off-Balance Sheet Activities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Fair Value, Off-balance Sheet Risks, Disclosure Information [Line Items]
Loan repurchase requirement, number of days past due	90 days
Loan repurchase requirement, number of days following sale	180 days
Commitments to extend credit
Fair Value, Off-balance Sheet Risks, Disclosure Information [Line Items]
Off-balance sheet financial instruments outstanding	$ 345,803	$ 301,360
Standby letters of credit
Fair Value, Off-balance Sheet Risks, Disclosure Information [Line Items]
Off-balance sheet financial instruments outstanding	4,088	4,286
Mortgage loan rate lock commitments
Fair Value, Off-balance Sheet Risks, Disclosure Information [Line Items]
Off-balance sheet financial instruments outstanding	12,839	$ 5,365
Loans held for sale
Fair Value, Off-balance Sheet Risks, Disclosure Information [Line Items]
Off-balance sheet financial instruments outstanding	$ 5,996

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Fair Value Disclosure, Off-balance Sheet Risks, Loan Repurchase Requirement, Number of Days Past Due

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The fair value of financial liabilities, which are not recognized in the financial statements (off-balance sheet) because they fail to meet some other criterion for recognition.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 825
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 10
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=73719730&loc=d3e13433-108611

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