The form Odolany indicates that it was a family name and means that the area belonged to the descendants of Odolan.

[10] The village was settled on the road leading from Warsaw to Błonie (currently Połczyńska Street).

[11][12] In 1528, the village was noted to have an area of 5 lans, which equals around 85 hectares (0.85 km² or 0.328 sq mi).

It was a popular meeting place for nobility to engage in political discussions, debates, and vote buying, during the royal elections in Wola.

In 1914, the railroad was rebuilt into standard-gauge (1,435 mm) railway tracks, though it consisted mostly of the provisional structures.

[21] Its remaining western portion eventually became a gromada (village assembly) in the gmina (municipality) of Blizne.

[22] Between 1922 and 1929, at the southern boundary of Odolany was built the Warszawa Szczęśliwice motive power depot.

[24] The city of Warsaw capitulated to the invading forces on 28 September 1939, becoming part of the occupied territories of the General Government.

[25] In the night of 7 to 8 October 1942, in the Operation Wieniec, sapper squadrons of the Home Army targeted the rail infrastructure near Warsaw, detonating bombs which destroyed railway tracks and derailed several trains.

Among them, 9 prisoners were hanged near the railway tracks near Warszawa Szczęśliwice and several others at the Wola Gallows near Mszczonowska Street.

[9] Odolany is located within the south–western portion of the district of Wola in the city of Warsaw, Poland.