Loans and Leases and Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans and leases	$ 2,652,663	$ 2,382,243
Less: Allowance for loan and leases losses	(19,295)	(18,346)
Loans and leases, net	2,633,368	2,363,897
Purchased Credit Impaired Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans and leases	43,629	32,064
Less: Allowance for loan and leases losses	(427)	(309)
Loans and leases, net	43,202	31,755
All Other Loans and leases [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans and leases	2,609,034	2,350,179
Less: Allowance for loan and leases losses	(18,868)	(18,037)
Loans and leases, net	2,590,166	2,332,142
Commercial Real Estate [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans and leases	1,313,247	1,012,976
Commercial Real Estate [Member] \| Purchased Credit Impaired Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans and leases	23,156	16,123
Commercial Real Estate [Member] \| All Other Loans and leases [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans and leases	1,290,091	996,853
Consumer Real Estate [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans and leases	478,161	443,930
Consumer Real Estate [Member] \| Purchased Credit Impaired Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans and leases	10,863	10,258
Consumer Real Estate [Member] \| All Other Loans and leases [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans and leases	467,298	433,672
Construction and Land Development [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans and leases	326,374	278,075
Construction and Land Development [Member] \| Purchased Credit Impaired Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans and leases	2,904	5,348
Construction and Land Development [Member] \| All Other Loans and leases [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans and leases	323,470	272,727
Commercial and Industrial [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans and leases	469,739	634,446
Commercial and Industrial [Member] \| Purchased Credit Impaired Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans and leases	2,871	308
Commercial and Industrial [Member] \| All Other Loans and leases [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans and leases	466,868	634,138
Consumer and Other [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans and leases	11,746	12,816
Consumer and Other [Member] \| Purchased Credit Impaired Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans and leases	87	27
Consumer and Other [Member] \| All Other Loans and leases [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans and leases	11,659	$ 12,789
Leases Portfolio Segment [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans and leases	53,396
Leases Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Purchased Credit Impaired Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans and leases	3,748
Leases Portfolio Segment [Member] \| All Other Loans and leases [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans and leases	$ 49,648

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Amount of allowance to cover probable credit losses on loans and leases. Includes carryover of or adjustments to the allowance for loan losses in connection with business combinations. Excludes allowance for loans and leases covered under loss sharing agreements.

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