Allowance for Credit Losses, Related to Troubled Debt Restructured Loans

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Allowance Related to Troubled Debt Restructuring assigned during period

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Financing Receivable Modifications Number Of Contracts Outstanding

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 33
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84173941&loc=SL6953676-111524

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The amount of the outstanding recorded investment related to financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 40
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=82895541&loc=d3e18845-111554

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LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES (Troubled Debt Restructuring Loans) (Details)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) loan	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) loan	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) loan	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) loan	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) loan
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| loan	34		34		36
Recorded Investment	$ 5,636,000		$ 5,636,000		$ 6,232,000
Specific Reserve	$ 613,000		$ 613,000		$ 468,000
Number of Contracts \| loan	2	3	3	5
Financing Receivable, Modifications, Pre-Modification Recorded Investment	$ 234,000	$ 429,000	$ 397,000	$ 895,000
Financing Receivable, Modifications, Post-Modification Recorded Investment	234,000	448,000	420,000	914,000
Allowance Related to Troubled Debt Restructurings assigned during period	$ 57,000	$ 29,000	96,000	$ 44,000
Home Equity Loan
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| loan				1
Financing Receivable, Modifications, Pre-Modification Recorded Investment				$ 315,000
Financing Receivable, Modifications, Post-Modification Recorded Investment				$ 315,000
Allowance Related to Troubled Debt Restructurings assigned during period			$ 114,000
Residential Real Estate
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| loan	26		26		24
Recorded Investment	$ 3,754,000		$ 3,754,000		$ 3,604,000
Specific Reserve	$ 476,000		$ 476,000		$ 452,000
Commercial Real Estate
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| loan	2		2		3
Recorded Investment	$ 349,000		$ 349,000		$ 976,000
Specific Reserve	$ 23,000		$ 23,000		$ 16,000
Commercial
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| loan	4		4		7
Recorded Investment	$ 1,228,000		$ 1,228,000		$ 1,345,000
Specific Reserve	$ 0		$ 0		$ 0
Consumer
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| loan	2		2		2
Recorded Investment	$ 305,000		$ 305,000		$ 307,000
Specific Reserve	$ 114,000		$ 114,000		$ 0