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Business Acquisitions (Details Textual) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands		9 Months Ended
	May 01, 2019 USD ($) bank $ / shares shares	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) shares	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash consideration paid		$ 0	$ 467
Goodwill		$ 15,992		$ 16,477
LBC Bancshares, Inc
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of banking locations \| bank	2
Share price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 23.50
Number of shares received for each share of LBC common stock \| shares	1.3239
Stock consideration received, percentage of shares	55.00%
Cash consideration received, percentage of shares	45.00%
Minimum percentage of merger consideration paid	50.00%
Share of stock issued (in shares) \| shares	1,053,875	1,053,875
Fair value of shares issued	$ 18,706	$ 18,221
Cash consideration paid	15,315	15,315
Goodwill	15,734	15,249
Loans purchased at fair value	130,568	$ 130,568
Discount on loans purchased	$ 2,200
Discount on loans purchased, percentage of loan value	1.63%
Credit impaired loans acquired	$ 176
LBC Bancshares, Inc \| LaGrange, Georgia
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of banking locations \| bank	1
LBC Bancshares, Inc \| Columbus, Georgia
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of banking locations \| bank	1
PFB Mortgage
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash consideration paid	$ 833
Goodwill	$ 541