>It turns out the county bears my surname, while the county seat has my given name...

The conceivable configurations of Max's true identity, based on this formula:
Starke Bradford
Naples Collier
Arcadia Desoto
Bunnell Flagler
Quincy Gadsden
Trenton Gilchrist
Jasper Hamilton
Bonifay Holmes
Marianna Jackson Back to Maxine Quordlepleen, are we?
Tavares Lake
Bronson Levy
Stuart Martin
Bartow Polk
Palatka Putnam
Milton Santa Rosa
Sanford Seminole
Bushnell Sumter
Perry Taylor
Chipley Washington
or a long shot...
Apalachicola Franklin

Any of these would make decent noms de plume, IMHO...