Not a town, but I'm guessing a reference to this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavericks,_California#Origin_of_the_name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maverick

Not a town, but I'm guessing a reference to this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavericks,_California#Origin_of_the_name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavericks,_California#Origin_o... > In early March 1967, Alex Matienzo, Jim Thompson, and Dick Notmeyer surfed the distant waves of Pillar Point. With them was Matienzo's roommate's white-haired German Shepherd, Maverick, who was accustomed to swimming with his owner and Matienzo while they were surfing.