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Federal Home Loan Bank Advances and Other Borrowings (Textual) (Details)		9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	May 01, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Jan. 15, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2017 USD ($)
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Long-term line of credit			$ 0		$ 10,000,000
Interest rate at period end (as a percent)					4.25%
Carrying value of securities pledged to Federal Home Loan Bank			0		$ 16,300,000
Long-term federal home loan bank advances			0		$ 0
Federal funds purchased			10,800,000
Other borrowings			480,300
Fiscal quarter 2019 [Member]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
Amortization			262,500
Fiscal quarter 2020 [Member]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
Amortization			287,500
Fiscal Quarter 2021 [Member]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
Amortization			312,500
Fiscal Quarter 2022 [Member]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
Amortization			337,500
Federal Home Loan Bank Advances [Member]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity			$ 59,400,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity						$ 15,000,000
Covenant compliance, ratio of non-performing assets as a percentage total assets, not to be greater than			3.25%
Covenant compliance, Texas ratio, not to be greater than (as a percent)			35.00%
Covenant compliance, liquidity ratio, not to be less than (as a percent)			9.00%
Covenant compliance, liquidity ratio in consecutive quarters, not to be less than (as a percent)			10.00%
Covenant terms, return on average assets, next nine months (as a percent)		0.45%
Covenant terms, return on average assets, thereafter (as a percent)			0.50%
Covenant terms, debt service coverage ratio			0.0125
Covenant compliance, interest coverage ratio, not to be less than			2.50
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Prime Rate [Member]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate (as a percent)			(0.25%)
Variable rate, floor (as a percent)			3.50%
Initial line of credit period			90 days
Subsidiaries [Member]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
Total risk-based capital ratio required to well-capitalized			10.50%
Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio required to be well capitalized			9.50%
Tier 1 leverage ratio required to be well capitalized			8.00%
Loans Payable [Member]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
Principal amount	$ 500,000
Interest rate	4.75%
Loan term	10 years
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
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Long-term line of credit				$ 0