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Investment Securities (Details Textual) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended						9 Months Ended
Investment Securities (Details Textual) - USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020
Investment Securities Information [Line Items]
Proceeds from sales of investment securities	$ 0	$ 51,000,000	$ 8,000				$ 158,708,000	$ 626,283,000
Debt Securities, AFS, Principal Sold				$ 261,000,000	$ 281,000,000
Gain (Loss) on Sales of Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS)				$ 3,000,000	$ 6,000,000
Pledged Financial Instruments, Not Separately Reported, Securities	2,200,000,000						2,200,000,000		$ 1,600,000,000
Interest receivable	79,011,000						79,011,000		90,263,000
Debt Securities, Held-to-maturity, Nonaccrual, Interest Income							0	$ 0
Debt Securities, Held to Maturity, Past Due	0						0		0
Held to maturity allowance for credit loss	(49,000)						(49,000)		(67,000)
Federal Home Loan Bank Stock	82,000,000						82,000,000		82,000,000
Federal Reserve Bank Stock	87,000,000						87,000,000		87,000,000
Equity securities with readily determinable fair values, Fair Value	$ 4,000,000						4,000,000		2,000,000
Visa Restricted Stock Owned. Total	77,996
Visa Restricted Stock Owned at Fair Value	77,000
Visa Restricted Stock Donated						42,039
Visa Restricted Stock Owned at Zero Cost					996
Equity securities	$ 14,000,000						14,000,000		13,000,000
First Staunton Bancshares [Member]
Investment Securities Information [Line Items]
Carrying amount of Securities Sold					$ 84,000,000
Held-to-maturity Securities [Member]
Investment Securities Information [Line Items]
Interest receivable	12,000,000						12,000,000		14,000,000
Available-for-sale Securities [Member]
Investment Securities Information [Line Items]
Interest receivable	9,000,000						9,000,000		8,000,000
Federal Home Loan Bank Certificates and Obligations (FHLB) [Member]
Investment Securities Information [Line Items]
Interest receivable	974,000						974,000		972,000
Federal Reserve Bank Stock [Member]
Investment Securities Information [Line Items]
Interest receivable	$ 327,000						$ 327,000		$ 0