MONT VERNON, N.H. — A federal board has approved a New Hampshire town’s request to change the name of a fishing spot that has been called Jew Pond since the 1920s. The Telegraph of Nashua reported the US Board of Geographic Names recently approved the decision by Mont Vernon residents to rename the body of water Carleton Pond, after one of the town’s founding families. Town officials say it was originally named Spring Pond because the owners of a hotel there created it by digging up a spring to irrigate their golf course. It is believed that the spot became Jew Pond when Jewish businessmen bought the hotel. In supporting the change, Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Kelly Ayotte had said ‘‘pejorative place names’’ reflecting religious prejudice are not consistent with New Hampshire’s values of ‘‘community and mutual respect.’’ (AP)