Amortized over estimated remaining economic useful life of deposits term.

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Loans Included In Purchase

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Recognition of core deposit intangible asset with acquired purchase.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of liabilities assumed at the acquisition date.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of a business, net of the cash acquired from the purchase.

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Business Combination & Asset Purchase - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Jul. 09, 2010
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Deposits at close included in purchase	$ 29,500		$ 29,500
Loans included in purchase			11,400
Aggregate acquisition cost			(15,215)
Recognition of core deposit intangible asset with acquired purchase	$ 2,260
Number of years amortized over an estimated remaining economic useful life of deposits	7 years
Amortization expense	$ 323	$ 480	319
Custar [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Aggregate acquisition cost			1,200
Recognition of core deposit intangible asset with acquired purchase			$ 1,170
Hicksville [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Recognition of core deposit intangible asset with acquired purchase				$ 1,090
Knisely [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Recognition of core deposit intangible asset with acquired purchase		$ 1,100